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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	Lithuania	Ecuador	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,419	12,268	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,395	12,446	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,367	12,629	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,340	12,827	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,313	13,074	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,276	13,368	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,223	13,661	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,172	13,915	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,134	14,133	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,102	14,352	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,068	14,569	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,004	14,786	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,937	15,002	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,898	15,218	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,869	15,433	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,844	15,647	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,818	15,860	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,782	16,072	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,744	16,282	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,718	16,489	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,710	16,693	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,711	16,894	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,724	17,093	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,748	17,288	7,432

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, Lithuania, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.