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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	108,171	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.

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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 Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.