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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LuxembourgCongo - KinshasaOmanPhilippines
43351,1812,34879,346
43852,7822,40381,131
44354,4532,45783,023
44856,1702,51084,876
45457,8602,56286,697
46059,5992,61388,568
46761,4742,66390,418
47463,4792,71392,253
48265,5902,76494,098
49167,8002,81695,923
50070,1142,87197,627
50972,5502,92899,317
52175,1382,986100,999
53377,7923,047102,618
54780,5343,110104,299
56083,3683,174106,076
57186,2293,240107,868
58689,1933,307109,493
59992,2093,375111,094
61095,2323,444112,843
62398,3203,512114,636
633101,4993,582117,026
643104,7673,651119,473
651108,1713,696121,234

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

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.