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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ParaguayCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
5,36651,18179,346
5,47352,78281,131
5,57954,45383,023
5,68356,17084,876
5,78657,86086,697
5,88659,59988,568
5,98461,47490,418
6,08063,47992,253
6,17365,59094,098
6,26467,80095,923
6,35270,11497,627
6,43872,55099,317
6,52275,138100,999
6,60577,792102,618
6,68880,534104,299
6,76983,368106,076
6,85086,229107,868
6,93089,193109,493
7,01292,209111,094
7,09595,232112,843
7,17998,320114,636
7,263101,499117,026
7,348104,767119,473
7,432108,171121,234

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