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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 IcelandCambodiaPhilippines
27712,12279,346
28112,31781,131
28512,50483,023
28812,69184,876
28912,88186,697
29313,07688,568
29613,27690,418
30413,46192,253
31113,63094,098
31913,80895,923
31913,99097,627
31814,16299,317
31914,322100,999
32114,480102,618
32414,637104,299
32714,793106,076
33114,994107,868
33515,238109,493
34315,480111,094
35315,717112,843
36115,944114,636
36616,149117,026
37216,338119,473
38016,514121,234

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 Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.