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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Philippines	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	23,796

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 Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.