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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	Oman	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	433	79,346	2,348	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	438	81,131	2,403	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	443	83,023	2,457	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	448	84,876	2,510	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	454	86,697	2,562	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	460	88,568	2,613	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	467	90,418	2,663	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	474	92,253	2,713	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	482	94,098	2,764	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	491	95,923	2,816	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	500	97,627	2,871	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	509	99,317	2,928	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	521	100,999	2,986	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	533	102,618	3,047	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	547	104,299	3,110	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	560	106,076	3,174	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	571	107,868	3,240	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	586	109,493	3,307	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	599	111,094	3,375	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	610	112,843	3,444	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	623	114,636	3,512	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	633	117,026	3,582	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	643	119,473	3,651	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	651	121,234	3,696	19,266

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.

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.

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