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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	Qatar	Philippines	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	79,346	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	81,131	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	83,023	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	84,876	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	86,697	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	88,568	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	90,418	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	92,253	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	94,098	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	95,923	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	97,627	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	99,317	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	100,999	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	102,618	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	104,299	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	106,076	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	107,868	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	109,493	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	111,094	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	112,843	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	114,636	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	117,026	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	119,473	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	121,234	3,570

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.

All data sources

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 Qatar, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.