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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosOmanEcuadorBosnia & Herzegovina
2732,34812,2683,811
2742,40312,4463,901
2752,45712,6293,919
2762,51012,8273,923
2782,56213,0743,940
2792,61313,3683,975
2802,66313,6613,991
2812,71313,9153,993
2822,76414,1333,990
2832,81614,3523,987
2852,87114,5693,985
2862,92814,7863,983
2872,98615,0023,980
2883,04715,2183,977
2893,11015,4333,973
2903,17415,6473,968
2913,24015,8603,963
2913,30716,0723,957
2923,37516,2823,951
2933,44416,4893,944
2943,51216,6933,937
2943,58216,8943,929
2953,65117,0933,921
2953,69617,2883,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.