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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosEcuadorOmanBosnia & Herzegovina
27312,2682,3483,811
27412,4462,4033,901
27512,6292,4573,919
27612,8272,5103,923
27813,0742,5623,940
27913,3682,6133,975
28013,6612,6633,991
28113,9152,7133,993
28214,1332,7643,990
28314,3522,8163,987
28514,5692,8713,985
28614,7862,9283,983
28715,0022,9863,980
28815,2183,0473,977
28915,4333,1103,973
29015,6473,1743,968
29115,8603,2403,963
29116,0723,3073,957
29216,2823,3753,951
29316,4893,4443,944
29416,6933,5123,937
29416,8943,5823,929
29517,0933,6513,921
29517,2883,6963,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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