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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	Spain	Philippines	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	79,346	433
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	81,131	438
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	83,023	443
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	84,876	448
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	86,697	454
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	88,568	460
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	90,418	467
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	92,253	474
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	94,098	482
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	95,923	491
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	97,627	500
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	99,317	509
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	100,999	521
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	102,618	533
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	104,299	547
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	106,076	560
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	107,868	571
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	109,493	586
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	111,094	599
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	112,843	610
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	114,636	623
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	117,026	633
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	119,473	643
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	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.

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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.