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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Philippines	Germany	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	81,439	152
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	81,474	153
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	81,534	154
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	81,595	155
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	81,566	156
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	81,473	157
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	81,354	157
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	81,190	158
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	81,009	159
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	80,781	160
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	80,500	160
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	80,301	161
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	80,292	162
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	80,443	162
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	80,663	163
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	81,000	163
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	81,704	164
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	82,366	164
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	82,674	165
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	82,923	166
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	83,110	166
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	83,178	167
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	83,213	167
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	83,811	167

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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