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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	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	5,556

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.