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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 Palestinian TerritoriesCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
2,99651,18179,346
3,07552,78281,131
3,15554,45383,023
3,23556,17084,876
3,31557,86086,697
3,39659,59988,568
3,47861,47490,418
3,55963,47992,253
3,64265,59094,098
3,72767,80095,923
3,81770,11497,627
3,90772,55099,317
3,99775,138100,999
4,08877,792102,618
4,17880,534104,299
4,26983,368106,076
4,35986,229107,868
4,45189,193109,493
4,53392,209111,094
4,61595,232112,843
4,71598,320114,636
4,820101,499117,026
4,930104,767119,473
5,042108,171121,234

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 Palestinian Territories, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.