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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	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	223,735

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.

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.