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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Philippines	United States
Dec 31, 1999	433	79,346	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	438	81,131	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	443	83,023	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	448	84,876	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	454	86,697	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	460	88,568	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	467	90,418	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	474	92,253	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	482	94,098	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	491	95,923	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	500	97,627	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	509	99,317	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	521	100,999	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	533	102,618	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	547	104,299	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	560	106,076	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	571	107,868	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	586	109,493	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	599	111,094	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	610	112,843	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	623	114,636	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	633	117,026	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	643	119,473	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	651	121,234	333,288

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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