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