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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	Netherlands	Burkina Faso	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,817	11,075	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,932	11,405	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,052	11,828	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,155	12,380	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	278	16,231	12,829	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,288	13,178	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,326	13,540	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,352	13,917	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,388	14,309	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,452	14,722	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,536	15,152	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,621	15,600	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,699	16,064	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,761	16,563	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	289	16,810	17,072	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,871	17,575	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,946	18,094	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,036	18,621	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,137	19,157	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,238	19,698	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,351	20,242	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,448	20,788	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,539	21,336	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,709	21,889	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

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.