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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 BarbadosOmanEcuadorChad
2732,34812,2687,559
2742,40312,4467,821
2752,45712,6298,092
2762,51012,8278,395
2782,56213,0748,763
2792,61313,3689,191
2802,66313,6619,594
2812,71313,9159,967
2822,76414,13310,338
2832,81614,35210,728
2852,87114,56911,139
2862,92814,78611,550
2872,98615,00211,983
2883,04715,21812,427
2893,11015,43312,895
2903,17415,64713,379
2913,24015,86013,823
2913,30716,07214,277
2923,37516,28214,765
2933,44416,48915,252
2943,51216,69315,750
2943,58216,89416,257
2953,65117,09316,776
2953,69617,28817,307

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, Oman, Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.