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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 PhilippinesEcuadorSt. Lucia
79,34612,268152
81,13112,446153
83,02312,629154
84,87612,827155
86,69713,074156
88,56813,368157
90,41813,661157
92,25313,915158
94,09814,133159
95,92314,352160
97,62714,569160
99,31714,786161
100,99915,002162
102,61815,218162
104,29915,433163
106,07615,647163
107,86815,860164
109,49316,072164
111,09416,282165
112,84316,489166
114,63616,693166
117,02616,894167
119,47317,093167
121,23417,288167

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.

Ecuador

  • 1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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