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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 ZambiaPhilippinesCongo - Kinshasa
10,32779,34651,181
10,64981,13152,782
10,98083,02354,453
11,29084,87656,170
11,59386,69757,860
11,90788,56859,599
12,24390,41861,474
12,61292,25363,479
13,00594,09865,590
13,41295,92367,800
13,82297,62770,114
14,25599,31772,550
14,709100,99975,138
15,165102,61877,792
15,631104,29980,534
16,121106,07683,368
16,624107,86886,229
17,140109,49389,193
17,674111,09492,209
18,222112,84395,232
18,780114,63698,320
19,349117,026101,499
19,928119,473104,767
20,485121,234108,171

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

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.