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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LuxembourgUgandaPhilippines
43323,40879,346
43824,19581,131
44324,99283,023
44825,84684,876
45426,66186,697
46027,41488,568
46728,20090,418
47429,02192,253
48229,84694,098
49130,64795,923
50031,46997,627
50932,34399,317
52133,257100,999
53334,234102,618
54735,271104,299
56036,419106,076
57137,673107,868
58639,157109,493
59940,879111,094
61042,329112,843
62343,639114,636
63345,120117,026
64346,645119,473
65148,065121,234

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

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.