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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Singapore	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	3,959	51,181	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	4,028	52,782	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	4,138	54,453	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	4,176	56,170	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	4,115	57,860	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	4,167	59,599	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	4,266	61,474	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	4,401	63,479	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	4,589	65,590	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	4,839	67,800	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	4,988	70,114	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	5,077	72,550	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	5,184	75,138	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	5,312	77,792	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	5,399	80,534	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	5,470	83,368	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	5,535	86,229	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	5,607	89,193	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	5,612	92,209	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	5,639	95,232	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	5,704	98,320	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	5,686	101,499	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	5,716	104,767	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	5,750	108,171	121,234

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.

All data sources

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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.