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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 São Tomé & PríncipeLuxembourgPhilippines
13843379,346
14143881,131
14444383,023
14744884,876
15145486,697
15446088,568
15846790,418
16147492,253
16548294,098
16849195,923
17250097,627
17650999,317
180521100,999
183533102,618
187547104,299
190560106,076
194571107,868
198586109,493
201599111,094
204610112,843
208623114,636
212633117,026
216643119,473
220651121,234

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.

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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.

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.