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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	Sudan	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	26,168	277
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	26,771	281
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	27,387	285
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	28,017	288
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	28,662	289
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	29,321	293
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	29,996	296
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	30,686	304
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	31,393	311
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	32,137	319
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	33,078	319
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	33,891	318
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	34,568	319
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	35,293	321
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	36,093	324
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	37,058	327
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	38,165	331
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	39,294	335
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	40,512	343
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	41,764	353
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	42,952	361
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	44,121	366
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	45,290	372
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	46,498	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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.