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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	Saudi Arabia	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	433	19,964	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	438	20,426	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	443	20,956	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	448	21,549	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	454	22,189	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	460	22,850	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	467	23,516	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	474	24,178	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	482	24,841	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	491	25,518	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	500	26,227	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	509	27,068	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	521	27,810	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	533	28,516	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	547	29,220	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	560	29,936	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	571	30,646	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	586	31,360	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	599	32,184	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	610	32,869	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	623	33,661	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	633	34,542	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	643	33,651	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	651	34,081	121,234

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.

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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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.