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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandPhilippinesSudan
27779,34626,168
28181,13126,771
28583,02327,387
28884,87628,017
28986,69728,662
29388,56829,321
29690,41829,996
30492,25330,686
31194,09831,393
31995,92332,137
31997,62733,078
31899,31733,891
319100,99934,568
321102,61835,293
324104,29936,093
327106,07637,058
331107,86838,165
335109,49339,294
343111,09440,512
353112,84341,764
361114,63642,952
366117,02644,121
372119,47345,290
380121,23446,498

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.