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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 ParaguayPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
5,36679,34651,181
5,47381,13152,782
5,57983,02354,453
5,68384,87656,170
5,78686,69757,860
5,88688,56859,599
5,98490,41861,474
6,08092,25363,479
6,17394,09865,590
6,26495,92367,800
6,35297,62770,114
6,43899,31772,550
6,522100,99975,138
6,605102,61877,792
6,688104,29980,534
6,769106,07683,368
6,850107,86886,229
6,930109,49389,193
7,012111,09492,209
7,095112,84395,232
7,179114,63698,320
7,263117,026101,499
7,348119,473104,767
7,432121,234108,171

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