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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Philippines	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	2,316

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 Gambia; the database as a whole is cited above.