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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	Ecuador	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	11,075	132,907	273
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	11,405	135,207	274
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	11,828	137,420	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	12,380	139,573	276
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	12,829	141,650	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	13,178	143,644	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	13,540	145,546	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	13,917	147,376	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	14,309	149,047	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	14,722	150,562	283
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	15,152	152,189	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	15,600	153,927	286
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	16,064	155,634	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	16,563	157,326	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	17,072	158,999	289
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	17,575	160,650	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	18,094	162,273	291
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	18,621	163,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	19,157	165,655	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	19,698	167,358	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	20,242	169,045	294
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	20,788	170,709	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	21,336	172,354	295
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	21,889	174,217	295

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.