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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	Iceland	Afghanistan	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	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.

All data sources

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

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.

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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.