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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	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	20,985

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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828