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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. LuciaCentral African RepublicPhilippines
1523,88979,346
1533,98081,131
1544,05483,023
1554,12884,876
1564,21586,697
1574,28988,568
1574,36390,418
1584,44992,253
1594,54494,098
1604,64195,923
1604,74297,627
1614,84599,317
1624,950100,999
1625,057102,618
1635,167104,299
1635,278106,076
1645,392107,868
1645,507109,493
1655,625111,094
1665,745112,843
1665,874114,636
1676,025117,026
1676,154119,473
1676,291121,234

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.