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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date PhilippinesLibyaCongo - Kinshasa
79,3464,99351,181
81,1315,11652,782
83,0235,23754,453
84,8765,35756,170
86,6975,47657,860
88,5685,59559,599
90,4185,71561,474
92,2535,83563,479
94,0985,96765,590
95,9236,11567,800
97,6276,27070,114
99,3176,43272,550
100,9996,14475,138
102,6185,84977,792
104,2996,01080,534
106,0766,16383,368
107,8686,29186,229
109,4936,41589,193
111,0946,54992,209
112,8436,68995,232
114,6366,82698,320
117,0266,960101,499
119,4737,088104,767
121,2347,169108,171

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Libya, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.