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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Philippines	Myanmar (Burma)	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	45,018	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	45,616	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	46,171	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	46,690	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	47,201	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	47,699	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	48,196	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	48,674	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	49,151	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	49,505	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	49,896	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	50,285	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	50,813	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	51,369	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	51,878	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	52,374	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	52,900	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	53,416	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	53,914	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	54,403	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	54,884	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	55,355	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	55,815	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	56,210	108,171

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.

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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