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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	Malta	Philippines	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	79,346	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	81,131	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	83,023	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	84,876	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	86,697	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	88,568	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	90,418	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	92,253	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	94,098	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	95,923	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	97,627	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	99,317	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	100,999	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	102,618	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	104,299	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	106,076	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	107,868	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	109,493	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	111,094	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	112,843	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	114,636	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	117,026	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	119,473	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	121,234	7,666

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 Malta, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.