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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	United States	Singapore	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	3,959	152
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	4,028	153
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	4,138	154
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	4,176	155
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	4,115	156
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	4,167	157
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	4,266	157
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	4,401	158
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	4,589	159
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	4,839	160
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	4,988	160
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	5,077	161
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	5,184	162
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	5,312	162
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	5,399	163
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	5,470	163
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	5,535	164
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	5,607	164
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	5,612	165
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	5,639	166
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	5,704	166
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	5,686	167
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	5,716	167
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	5,750	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.

All data sources

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: 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)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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