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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 Saudi ArabiaPhilippinesSt. Lucia
19,96479,346152
20,42681,131153
20,95683,023154
21,54984,876155
22,18986,697156
22,85088,568157
23,51690,418157
24,17892,253158
24,84194,098159
25,51895,923160
26,22797,627160
27,06899,317161
27,810100,999162
28,516102,618162
29,220104,299163
29,936106,076163
30,646107,868164
31,360109,493164
32,184111,094165
32,869112,843166
33,661114,636166
34,542117,026167
33,651119,473167
34,081121,234167

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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; the database as a whole is cited above.