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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 EcuadorBurkina FasoEswatini
12,26811,0751,033
12,44611,4051,032
12,62911,8281,030
12,82712,3801,028
13,07412,8291,026
13,36813,1781,025
13,66113,5401,023
13,91513,9171,021
14,13314,3091,019
14,35214,7221,017
14,56915,1521,017
14,78615,6001,019
15,00216,0641,024
15,21816,5631,032
15,43317,0721,041
15,64717,5751,051
15,86018,0941,060
16,07218,6211,069
16,28219,1571,078
16,48919,6981,087
16,69320,2421,096
16,89420,7881,106
17,09321,3361,117
17,28821,8891,126

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.

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