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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	Bolivia	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	8,007	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	8,177	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,351	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,529	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,711	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	8,895	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,081	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,268	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	9,457	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	9,647	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	9,836	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,024	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	10,211	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	10,397	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	10,581	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	10,763	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	10,942	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,118	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,289	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,456	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,621	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,775	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,917	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	12,060	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

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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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.