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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	Ecuador	Bangladesh	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,268	132,907	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,446	135,207	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,629	137,420	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,827	139,573	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	13,074	141,650	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,368	143,644	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,661	145,546	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,915	147,376	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,133	149,047	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,352	150,562	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	14,569	152,189	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,786	153,927	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	15,002	155,634	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	15,218	157,326	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,433	158,999	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,647	160,650	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,860	162,273	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,072	163,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,282	165,655	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,489	167,358	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,693	169,045	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,894	170,709	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,093	172,354	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,288	174,217	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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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