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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Ecuador	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	12,268	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	12,446	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	12,629	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	12,827	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	13,074	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	13,368	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	13,661	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	13,915	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	14,133	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	14,352	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	14,569	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	14,786	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	15,002	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	15,218	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	15,433	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	15,647	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	15,860	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	16,072	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	16,282	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	16,489	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	16,693	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	16,894	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	17,093	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	17,288	46,498

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.