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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 PhilippinesIcelandCongo - Brazzaville
79,3462772,886
81,1312812,999
83,0232853,113
84,8762883,181
86,6972893,274
88,5682933,400
90,4182963,543
92,2533043,702
94,0983113,859
95,9233193,989
97,6273194,146
99,3173184,324
100,9993194,468
102,6183214,581
104,2993244,667
106,0763274,757
107,8683314,851
109,4933354,951
111,0943435,055
112,8433535,164
114,6363615,279
117,0263665,400
119,4733725,527
121,2343805,655

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 Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.