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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 BarbadosEcuadorPuerto RicoLuxembourg
27312,2683,800433
27412,4463,811438
27512,6293,819443
27612,8273,824448
27813,0743,826454
27913,3683,827460
28013,6613,822467
28113,9153,805474
28214,1333,783482
28314,3523,761491
28514,5693,741500
28614,7863,722509
28715,0023,679521
28815,2183,636533
28915,4333,589547
29015,6473,534560
29115,8603,473571
29116,0723,411586
29216,2823,352599
29316,4893,295610
29416,6933,268623
29416,8943,247633
29517,0933,232643
29517,2883,228651

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, Puerto Rico, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.