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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 IcelandParaguayPhilippines
2775,36679,346
2815,47381,131
2855,57983,023
2885,68384,876
2895,78686,697
2935,88688,568
2965,98490,418
3046,08092,253
3116,17394,098
3196,26495,923
3196,35297,627
3186,43899,317
3196,522100,999
3216,605102,618
3246,688104,299
3276,769106,076
3316,850107,868
3356,930109,493
3437,012111,094
3537,095112,843
3617,179114,636
3667,263117,026
3727,348119,473
3807,432121,234

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 Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.