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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 SloveniaPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
1,99879,34651,181
2,00481,13152,782
2,00683,02354,453
2,00984,87656,170
2,01086,69757,860
2,01188,56859,599
2,01590,41861,474
2,02292,25363,479
2,03394,09865,590
2,03695,92367,800
2,05697,62770,114
2,06399,31772,550
2,067100,99975,138
2,071102,61877,792
2,074104,29980,534
2,076106,07683,368
2,078107,86886,229
2,079109,49389,193
2,081111,09492,209
2,087112,84395,232
2,104114,63698,320
2,118117,026101,499
2,123119,473104,767
2,124121,234108,171

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.

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

Slovenia

  • 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.