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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	17,106	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	17,552	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	18,010	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	18,438	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	18,895	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	19,432	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	19,968	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,512	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,097	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,699	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	22,285	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	22,845	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	23,343	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	23,879	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	24,492	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	25,104	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	25,719	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	26,348	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	26,984	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	27,614	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	28,252	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	28,895	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	29,546	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	30,279	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.

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 Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.