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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Philippines	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	79,346	433
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	81,131	438
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	83,023	443
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	84,876	448
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	86,697	454
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	88,568	460
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	90,418	467
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	92,253	474
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	94,098	482
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	95,923	491
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	97,627	500
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	99,317	509
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	100,999	521
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	102,618	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	104,299	547
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	106,076	560
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	107,868	571
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	109,493	586
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	111,094	599
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	112,843	610
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	114,636	623
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	117,026	633
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	119,473	643
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	121,234	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.

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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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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 Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.