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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date EcuadorAlbaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
12,2683,0853,811
12,4463,0653,901
12,6293,0473,919
12,8273,0383,923
13,0743,0263,940
13,3683,0143,975
13,6612,9983,991
13,9152,9793,993
14,1332,9573,990
14,3522,9343,987
14,5692,9153,985
14,7862,9003,983
15,0022,8923,980
15,2182,8883,977
15,4332,8823,973
15,6472,8763,968
15,8602,8683,963
16,0722,8633,957
16,2822,8613,951
16,4892,8543,944
16,6932,8423,937
16,8942,8253,929
17,0932,7993,921
17,2882,7873,876

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.

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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 Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.