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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Nepal	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,087	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	23,487	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	23,887	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	24,273	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,645	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	24,989	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	25,255	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	25,484	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	25,732	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,998	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,298	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	26,664	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,081	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	27,505	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,917	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,311	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	28,678	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,034	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	29,384	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	29,718	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	30,057	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	30,595	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	31,311	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	31,845	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.

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 Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.