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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Philippines	United States	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	279,040	433
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	282,162	438
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	284,969	443
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	287,625	448
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	290,108	454
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	292,805	460
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	295,517	467
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	298,380	474
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	301,231	482
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	304,094	491
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	306,772	500
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	309,327	509
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	311,583	521
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	313,878	533
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	316,060	547
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	318,386	560
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	320,739	571
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	323,072	586
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	325,122	599
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	326,838	610
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	328,330	623
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	331,512	633
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	332,032	643
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	333,288	651

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

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.

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).

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