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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 AfghanistanPhilippinesLuxembourg
22,20679,346433
22,46181,131438
22,50783,023443
23,60084,876448
25,00586,697454
25,69888,568460
26,33590,418467
27,15492,253474
27,38794,098482
27,70695,923491
28,48497,627500
29,12199,317509
29,758100,999521
30,420102,618533
31,108104,299547
31,823106,076560
32,564107,868571
33,332109,493586
34,125111,094599
34,941112,843610
35,972114,636623
37,034117,026633
38,127119,473643
39,252121,234651

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.

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.