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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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

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).

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.