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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 IcelandPhilippinesCameroon
27779,34615,483
28181,13115,913
28583,02316,354
28884,87616,815
28986,69717,289
29388,56817,764
29690,41818,249
30492,25318,746
31194,09819,278
31995,92319,843
31997,62720,419
31899,31721,002
319100,99921,586
321102,61822,181
324104,29922,800
327106,07623,513
331107,86824,273
335109,49324,995
343111,09425,680
353112,84326,373
361114,63627,114
366117,02627,878
372119,47328,663
380121,23429,417

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 Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.