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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. LuciaPuerto RicoPhilippines
1523,80079,346
1533,81181,131
1543,81983,023
1553,82484,876
1563,82686,697
1573,82788,568
1573,82290,418
1583,80592,253
1593,78394,098
1603,76195,923
1603,74197,627
1613,72299,317
1623,679100,999
1623,636102,618
1633,589104,299
1633,534106,076
1643,473107,868
1643,411109,493
1653,352111,094
1663,295112,843
1663,268114,636
1673,247117,026
1673,232119,473
1673,228121,234

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.