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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	7,666

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 Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.