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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	Palestinian Territories	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	2,996	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	3,075	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	3,155	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	3,235	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	3,315	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	3,396	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	3,478	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	3,559	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	3,642	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	3,727	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	3,817	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	3,907	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	3,997	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	4,088	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	4,178	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	4,269	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	4,359	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	4,451	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	4,533	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	4,615	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	4,715	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	4,820	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	4,930	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	5,042	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, Palestinian Territories, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.