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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 PhilippinesSaudi ArabiaLuxembourg
79,34619,964433
81,13120,426438
83,02320,956443
84,87621,549448
86,69722,189454
88,56822,850460
90,41823,516467
92,25324,178474
94,09824,841482
95,92325,518491
97,62726,227500
99,31727,068509
100,99927,810521
102,61828,516533
104,29929,220547
106,07629,936560
107,86830,646571
109,49331,360586
111,09432,184599
112,84332,869610
114,63633,661623
117,02634,542633
119,47333,651643
121,23434,081651

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.

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

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