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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	Iceland	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	277	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	281	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	285	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	288	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	289	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	293	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	296	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	304	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	311	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	319	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	319	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	318	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	319	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	321	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	324	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	327	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	331	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	335	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	343	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	353	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	361	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	366	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	372	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	380	2,676

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

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.

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)