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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 PhilippinesGermanyLuxembourg
79,34681,439433
81,13181,474438
83,02381,534443
84,87681,595448
86,69781,566454
88,56881,473460
90,41881,354467
92,25381,190474
94,09881,009482
95,92380,781491
97,62780,500500
99,31780,301509
100,99980,292521
102,61880,443533
104,29980,663547
106,07681,000560
107,86881,704571
109,49382,366586
111,09482,674599
112,84382,923610
114,63683,110623
117,02683,178633
119,47383,213643
121,23483,811651

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

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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