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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 PhilippinesUgandaLuxembourg
79,34623,408433
81,13124,195438
83,02324,992443
84,87625,846448
86,69726,661454
88,56827,414460
90,41828,200467
92,25329,021474
94,09829,846482
95,92330,647491
97,62731,469500
99,31732,343509
100,99933,257521
102,61834,234533
104,29935,271547
106,07636,419560
107,86837,673571
109,49339,157586
111,09440,879599
112,84342,329610
114,63643,639623
117,02645,120633
119,47346,645643
121,23448,065651

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.

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.

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