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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	Philippines	Estonia	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	1,378	277
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	1,400	281
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	1,391	285
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	1,382	288
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	1,374	289
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	1,365	293
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	1,357	296
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	1,349	304
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	1,341	311
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	1,337	319
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	1,334	319
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	1,332	318
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	1,328	319
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	1,324	321
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	1,319	324
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	1,314	327
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	1,312	331
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	1,314	335
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	1,314	343
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	1,318	353
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	1,323	361
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	1,327	366
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	1,329	372
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	1,330	380

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

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.

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.

No separate list is published for Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.