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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	Malta	Central African Republic	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	3,889	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,980	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	4,054	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	4,128	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	4,215	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	4,289	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	4,363	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	4,449	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	4,544	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	4,641	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	4,742	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	4,845	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	4,950	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	5,057	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	5,167	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	5,278	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	5,392	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	5,507	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	5,625	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	5,745	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	5,874	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	6,025	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	6,154	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	6,291	17,288

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, Malta, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.