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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	Congo - Kinshasa	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,268	51,181	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,446	52,782	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,629	54,453	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,827	56,170	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	13,074	57,860	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,368	59,599	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,661	61,474	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,915	63,479	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,133	65,590	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,352	67,800	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	14,569	70,114	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,786	72,550	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	15,002	75,138	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	15,218	77,792	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,433	80,534	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,647	83,368	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,860	86,229	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,072	89,193	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,282	92,209	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,489	95,232	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,693	98,320	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,894	101,499	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,093	104,767	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,288	108,171	220

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, Congo - Kinshasa, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.