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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. LuciaParaguayPhilippines
1525,36679,346
1535,47381,131
1545,57983,023
1555,68384,876
1565,78686,697
1575,88688,568
1575,98490,418
1586,08092,253
1596,17394,098
1606,26495,923
1606,35297,627
1616,43899,317
1626,522100,999
1626,605102,618
1636,688104,299
1636,769106,076
1646,850107,868
1646,930109,493
1657,012111,094
1667,095112,843
1667,179114,636
1677,263117,026
1677,348119,473
1677,432121,234

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