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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 SerbiaCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
7,61151,18179,346
7,58752,78281,131
7,57454,45383,023
7,57056,17084,876
7,55157,86086,697
7,53359,59988,568
7,51061,47490,418
7,48163,47992,253
7,45165,59094,098
7,41967,80095,923
7,38970,11497,627
7,36072,55099,317
7,30475,138100,999
7,26977,792102,618
7,23480,534104,299
7,19983,368106,076
7,16286,229107,868
7,12489,193109,493
7,08792,209111,094
7,04895,232112,843
7,01098,320114,636
6,964101,499117,026
6,898104,767119,473
6,833108,171121,234

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

Serbia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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