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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 St. LuciaBarbadosPhilippines
15227379,346
15327481,131
15427583,023
15527684,876
15627886,697
15727988,568
15728090,418
15828192,253
15928294,098
16028395,923
16028597,627
16128699,317
162287100,999
162288102,618
163289104,299
163290106,076
164291107,868
164291109,493
165292111,094
166293112,843
166294114,636
167294117,026
167295119,473
167295121,234

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