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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	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	58,966

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.