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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Indonesia	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	208,105	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	211,408	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	214,475	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	217,516	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	220,549	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	224,473	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	227,534	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	230,739	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	233,918	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	237,056	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	240,140	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	243,171	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	246,150	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	249,086	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	251,947	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	254,702	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	257,351	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	259,906	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	262,379	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	264,789	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	267,142	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	269,437	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	271,674	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	273,409	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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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.