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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 BarbadosPhilippinesSt. Lucia
27379,346152
27481,131153
27583,023154
27684,876155
27886,697156
27988,568157
28090,418157
28192,253158
28294,098159
28395,923160
28597,627160
28699,317161
287100,999162
288102,618162
289104,299163
290106,076163
291107,868164
291109,493164
292111,094165
293112,843166
294114,636166
294117,026167
295119,473167
295121,234167

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