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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 SwedenPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
8,85879,34651,181
8,87281,13152,782
8,89683,02354,453
8,92584,87656,170
8,95886,69757,860
8,99488,56859,599
9,03090,41861,474
9,08192,25363,479
9,14894,09865,590
9,22095,92367,800
9,29997,62770,114
9,37899,31772,550
9,449100,99975,138
9,519102,61877,792
9,600104,29980,534
9,696106,07683,368
9,799107,86886,229
9,923109,49389,193
10,058111,09492,209
10,175112,84395,232
10,279114,63698,320
10,354117,026101,499
10,416119,473104,767
10,487121,234108,171

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

Sweden

  • 1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
  • 1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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.