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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Benin	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,461	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,677	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,902	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,130	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,360	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,589	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,838	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	8,089	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	8,335	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	8,603	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,884	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	9,179	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,486	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,805	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,135	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,480	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,842	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,220	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,613	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	12,018	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	12,370	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	12,725	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	13,081	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	13,439	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 Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.