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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	Uganda	Oman	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,408	2,348	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	24,195	2,403	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,992	2,457	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	25,846	2,510	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	26,661	2,562	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	27,414	2,613	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	28,200	2,663	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	29,021	2,713	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	29,846	2,764	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	30,647	2,816	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	31,469	2,871	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,343	2,928	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	33,257	2,986	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,234	3,047	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,271	3,110	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	36,419	3,174	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	37,673	3,240	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,157	3,307	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,879	3,375	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	42,329	3,444	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	43,639	3,512	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	45,120	3,582	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	46,645	3,651	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	48,065	3,696	121,234

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.

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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.