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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	Dominica	Laos	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	5,286	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	5,397	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	5,499	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	5,578	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	5,654	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	5,746	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	5,836	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	5,931	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	6,035	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	6,145	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	6,257	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	6,368	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	6,477	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	6,586	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	6,695	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	6,804	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	6,912	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	7,019	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	7,127	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	7,234	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	7,343	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	7,452	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	7,560	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	7,666	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 Dominica, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.