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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	Philippines	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	8,834

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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK