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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. LuciaEstoniaPhilippines
1521,37879,346
1531,40081,131
1541,39183,023
1551,38284,876
1561,37486,697
1571,36588,568
1571,35790,418
1581,34992,253
1591,34194,098
1601,33795,923
1601,33497,627
1611,33299,317
1621,328100,999
1621,324102,618
1631,319104,299
1631,314106,076
1641,312107,868
1641,314109,493
1651,314111,094
1661,318112,843
1661,323114,636
1671,327117,026
1671,329119,473
1671,330121,234

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.