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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	Iceland	Luxembourg	Romania	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	22,414	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	22,262	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	22,106	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	21,931	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	21,828	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	21,704	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	21,571	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	21,443	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	21,129	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	20,779	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	20,607	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	20,485	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	20,385	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	20,296	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	20,224	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	20,151	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	20,055	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	19,938	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	19,823	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	19,713	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	19,622	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	19,496	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	19,351	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	19,266	121,234

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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.