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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	Oman	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	2,348	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	2,403	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	2,457	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	2,510	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	2,562	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	2,613	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	2,663	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	2,713	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	2,764	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	2,816	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	2,871	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	2,928	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	2,986	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	3,047	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	3,110	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	3,174	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	3,240	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	3,307	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	3,375	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	3,444	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	3,512	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	3,582	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	3,651	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	3,696	2,748

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.

All data sources

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 Oman, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.