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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	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	19,266

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.