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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 SudanCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
26,16851,18179,346
26,77152,78281,131
27,38754,45383,023
28,01756,17084,876
28,66257,86086,697
29,32159,59988,568
29,99661,47490,418
30,68663,47992,253
31,39365,59094,098
32,13767,80095,923
33,07870,11497,627
33,89172,55099,317
34,56875,138100,999
35,29377,792102,618
36,09380,534104,299
37,05883,368106,076
38,16586,229107,868
39,29489,193109,493
40,51292,209111,094
41,76495,232112,843
42,95298,320114,636
44,121101,499117,026
45,290104,767119,473
46,498108,171121,234

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