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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Oman	Philippines	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	79,346	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	81,131	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	83,023	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	84,876	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	86,697	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	88,568	460
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	90,418	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	92,253	474
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	94,098	482
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	95,923	491
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	97,627	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	99,317	509
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	100,999	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	102,618	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	104,299	547
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	106,076	560
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	107,868	571
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	109,493	586
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	111,094	599
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	112,843	610
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	114,636	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	117,026	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	119,473	643
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	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

Zambia

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.

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 Oman, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.