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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ecuador	Brazil	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	174,320	433
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	176,902	438
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	179,389	443
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	181,721	448
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	183,970	454
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	186,165	460
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	188,330	467
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	190,438	474
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	192,450	482
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	194,458	491
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	196,464	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	198,408	509
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	200,152	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	201,894	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	203,614	547
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	205,358	560
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	207,148	571
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	208,859	586
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	210,537	599
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	212,258	610
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	213,940	623
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	215,577	633
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	216,720	643
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	217,718	651

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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: 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)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

No separate list is published for Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.