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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	Puerto Rico	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	3,800	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,811	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	3,819	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	3,824	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	3,826	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	3,827	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	3,822	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	3,805	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	3,783	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	3,761	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	3,741	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	3,722	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	3,679	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	3,636	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	3,589	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	3,534	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	3,473	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	3,411	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	3,352	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	3,295	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	3,268	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	3,247	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	3,232	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	3,228	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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.