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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	277	79,346	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,131	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	285	83,023	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	288	84,876	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	289	86,697	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	293	88,568	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	296	90,418	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	304	92,253	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	311	94,098	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	319	95,923	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	319	97,627	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	318	99,317	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	319	100,999	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	321	102,618	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	324	104,299	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	327	106,076	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	331	107,868	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	335	109,493	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	343	111,094	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	353	112,843	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	361	114,636	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	366	117,026	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	372	119,473	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	380	121,234	63,382

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490