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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	Barbados	Ecuador	Philippines	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,268	79,346	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,446	81,131	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,629	83,023	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,827	84,876	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	13,074	86,697	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,368	88,568	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,661	90,418	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,915	92,253	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,133	94,098	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,352	95,923	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	14,569	97,627	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,786	99,317	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	15,002	100,999	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	15,218	102,618	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,433	104,299	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,647	106,076	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,860	107,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,072	109,493	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,282	111,094	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,489	112,843	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,693	114,636	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,894	117,026	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,093	119,473	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,288	121,234	167

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

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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 Barbados, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.