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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	Laos	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	5,286	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	5,397	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	5,499	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	5,578	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	5,654	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	5,746	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	5,836	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	5,931	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	6,035	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	6,145	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	6,257	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	6,368	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	6,477	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	6,586	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	6,695	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	6,804	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	6,912	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	7,019	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	7,127	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	7,234	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	7,343	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	7,452	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	7,560	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	7,666	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

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.