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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	Barbados	Philippines	Moldova	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	4,244	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	4,199	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	4,154	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	4,108	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	4,059	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	4,013	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	3,966	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	3,919	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	3,873	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	3,829	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	3,788	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	3,748	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	3,709	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	3,671	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	3,633	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	3,595	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	3,558	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	3,522	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	3,485	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	3,448	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	3,412	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	3,376	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	3,339	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	3,570	651

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.

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