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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Canada	Philippines	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	79,346	277
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	81,131	281
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	83,023	285
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	84,876	288
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	86,697	289
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	88,568	293
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	90,418	296
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	92,253	304
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	94,098	311
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	95,923	319
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	97,627	319
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	99,317	318
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	100,999	319
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	102,618	321
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	104,299	324
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	106,076	327
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	107,868	331
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	109,493	335
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	111,094	343
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	112,843	353
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	114,636	361
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	117,026	366
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	119,473	372
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	121,234	380

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

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.