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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	Luxembourg	Philippines	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	433	79,346	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	438	81,131	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	443	83,023	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	448	84,876	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	454	86,697	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	460	88,568	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	467	90,418	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	474	92,253	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	482	94,098	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	491	95,923	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	500	97,627	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	509	99,317	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	521	100,999	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	533	102,618	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	547	104,299	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	560	106,076	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	571	107,868	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	586	109,493	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	599	111,094	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	610	112,843	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	623	114,636	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	633	117,026	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	643	119,473	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	651	121,234	38,685

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

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.

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

No separate list is published for Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.