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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 SenegalCongo - KinshasaPhilippines
10,07051,18179,346
10,30552,78281,131
10,57654,45383,023
10,86456,17084,876
11,17257,86086,697
11,49859,59988,568
11,83961,47490,418
12,20463,47992,253
12,58465,59094,098
12,97867,80095,923
13,38270,11497,627
13,79472,55099,317
14,22675,138100,999
14,66877,792102,618
15,12180,534104,299
15,58983,368106,076
16,06686,229107,868
16,54989,193109,493
17,04492,209111,094
17,53595,232112,843
18,02198,320114,636
18,518101,499117,026
19,016104,767119,473
19,512108,171121,234

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