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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 DominicaSaudi ArabiaSt. Lucia
7019,964152
7120,426153
7120,956154
7221,549155
7222,189156
7222,850157
7223,516157
7224,178158
7224,841159
7325,518160
7326,227160
7327,068161
7327,810162
7328,516162
7329,220163
7329,936163
7430,646164
7431,360164
7432,184165
7432,869166
7533,661166
7534,542167
7633,651167
7634,081167

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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