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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 PhilippinesIcelandNiger
79,34627710,424
81,13128110,785
83,02328511,170
84,87628811,580
86,69728912,015
88,56829312,472
90,41829612,954
92,25330413,459
94,09831113,986
95,92331914,532
97,62731915,092
99,31731815,669
100,99931916,263
102,61832116,903
104,29932417,569
106,07632718,242
107,86833118,957
109,49333519,708
111,09434320,462
112,84335321,228
114,63636122,023
117,02636622,842
119,47337223,691
121,23438024,587

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 Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.