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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	Puerto Rico	Ecuador	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	12,268	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	12,446	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	12,629	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	12,827	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	13,074	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	13,368	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	13,661	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	13,915	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	14,133	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	14,352	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	14,569	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	14,786	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	15,002	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	15,218	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	15,433	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	15,647	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	15,860	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	16,072	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	16,282	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	16,489	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	16,693	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	16,894	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	17,093	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	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, Puerto Rico, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.