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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	Ecuador	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	12,268	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	12,446	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	12,629	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	12,827	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	13,074	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	13,368	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	13,661	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	13,915	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	14,133	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	14,352	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	14,569	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	14,786	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	15,002	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	15,218	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	15,433	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	15,647	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	15,860	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	16,072	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	16,282	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	16,489	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	16,693	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	16,894	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	17,093	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	17,288	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.