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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date South KoreaPhilippinesLuxembourg
46,61779,346433
47,00881,131438
47,37083,023443
47,64584,876448
47,89286,697454
48,08388,568460
48,18590,418467
48,43892,253474
48,68494,098482
49,05595,923491
49,30897,627500
49,55499,317509
49,937100,999521
50,200102,618533
50,429104,299547
50,747106,076560
51,015107,868571
51,218109,493586
51,362111,094599
51,585112,843610
51,765114,636623
51,836117,026633
51,745119,473643
51,731121,234651

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

South Korea

  • 1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
  • 1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.