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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Philippines	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	17,307

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 Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.