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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	2,348	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	2,403	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	2,457	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	2,510	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	2,562	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	2,613	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	2,663	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	2,713	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	2,764	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	2,816	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	2,871	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	2,986	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	3,047	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	3,110	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	3,174	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	3,240	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	3,307	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	3,375	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	3,444	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	3,512	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	3,582	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	3,651	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	3,696	651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.