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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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).

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 Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.