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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Philippines	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	103,574

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 Vietnam; the database as a whole is cited above.