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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 IcelandPhilippinesHaiti
27779,3468,121
28181,1318,279
28583,0238,430
28884,8768,580
28986,6978,739
29388,5688,900
29690,4189,061
30492,2539,216
31194,0989,364
31995,9239,508
31997,6279,652
31899,3179,553
319100,9999,670
321102,6189,793
324104,2999,922
327106,07610,047
331107,86810,254
335109,49310,486
343111,09410,647
353112,84310,788
361114,63610,933
366117,02611,077
372119,47311,215
380121,23411,349

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 Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.