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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	North Macedonia	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,006	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,017	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,026	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,011	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,018	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,024	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,028	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,031	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,035	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,038	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,042	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,046	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,049	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,052	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,055	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,058	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,061	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,063	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,065	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,067	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,068	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,065	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,057	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,048	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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.