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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. LuciaEstoniaYemen
1521,37816,728
1531,40017,236
1541,39117,762
1551,38218,310
1561,37418,855
1571,36519,410
1571,35720,000
1581,34920,611
1591,34121,236
1601,33721,878
1601,33422,533
1611,33223,195
1621,32823,880
1621,32424,594
1631,31925,311
1631,31426,020
1641,31226,698
1641,31427,347
1651,31427,985
1661,31828,608
1661,32329,216
1671,32729,811
1671,32930,399
1671,33031,058

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

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