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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 PhilippinesSwitzerlandSt. Lucia
79,3467,258152
81,1317,296153
83,0237,332154
84,8767,384155
86,6977,438156
88,5687,488157
90,4187,532157
92,2537,579158
94,0987,647159
95,9237,738160
97,6277,825160
99,3177,884161
100,9997,959162
102,6188,044162
104,2998,137163
106,0768,237163
107,8688,332164
109,4938,423164
111,0948,502165
112,8438,565166
114,6368,626166
117,0268,689167
119,4738,756167
121,2348,834167

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.

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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