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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	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	11,075	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	11,405	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	11,828	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	12,380	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	12,829	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	13,178	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	13,540	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	13,917	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	14,309	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	14,722	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	15,152	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	15,600	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	16,064	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	16,563	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	17,072	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	17,575	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	18,094	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	18,621	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	19,157	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	19,698	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	20,242	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	20,788	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	21,336	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	21,889	6,291	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.

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