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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandHaitiPhilippines
2778,12179,346
2818,27981,131
2858,43083,023
2888,58084,876
2898,73986,697
2938,90088,568
2969,06190,418
3049,21692,253
3119,36494,098
3199,50895,923
3199,65297,627
3189,55399,317
3199,670100,999
3219,793102,618
3249,922104,299
32710,047106,076
33110,254107,868
33510,486109,493
34310,647111,094
35310,788112,843
36110,933114,636
36611,077117,026
37211,215119,473
38011,349121,234

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 Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.