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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	Uruguay	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,234	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,246	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,257	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,268	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,277	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,285	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,291	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,298	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,305	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,313	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,321	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,329	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,337	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,345	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,353	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,362	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,371	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,380	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,390	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,399	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,408	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,417	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,426	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,422	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.

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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

Uruguay

1800-1870: 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)
1870–2014: Bèrtola, L. (2016). El PIB per Capita de Uruguay 1870 - 2016: una reconstruccion. PHES working paper No 48

No separate list is published for Barbados, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.