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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	Barbados	Central African Republic	Ecuador	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	12,268	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	12,446	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	12,629	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	12,827	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	13,074	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	13,368	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	13,661	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	13,915	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	14,133	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	14,352	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	14,569	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	14,786	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	15,002	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	15,218	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	15,433	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	15,647	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	15,860	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	16,072	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	16,282	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	16,489	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	16,693	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	16,894	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	17,093	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	17,288	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

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 Barbados, Central African Republic, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.