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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 ChadPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
7,55979,34651,181
7,82181,13152,782
8,09283,02354,453
8,39584,87656,170
8,76386,69757,860
9,19188,56859,599
9,59490,41861,474
9,96792,25363,479
10,33894,09865,590
10,72895,92367,800
11,13997,62770,114
11,55099,31772,550
11,983100,99975,138
12,427102,61877,792
12,895104,29980,534
13,379106,07683,368
13,823107,86886,229
14,277109,49389,193
14,765111,09492,209
15,252112,84395,232
15,750114,63698,320
16,257117,026101,499
16,776119,473104,767
17,307121,234108,171

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

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