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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	Moldova	Ecuador	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	12,268	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	12,446	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	12,629	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	12,827	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	13,074	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	13,368	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	13,661	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	13,915	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	14,133	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	14,352	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	14,569	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	14,786	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	15,002	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	15,218	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	15,433	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	15,647	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	15,860	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	16,072	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	16,282	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	16,489	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	16,693	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	16,894	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	17,093	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	17,288	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, Moldova, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.