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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Congo - Kinshasa	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	51,181	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	52,782	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	54,453	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	56,170	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	57,860	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	59,599	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	61,474	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	63,479	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	65,590	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	67,800	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	70,114	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	72,550	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	75,138	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	77,792	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	80,534	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	83,368	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	86,229	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	89,193	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	92,209	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	95,232	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	98,320	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	101,499	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	104,767	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	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.

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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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.