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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 EcuadorDenmarkBosnia & Herzegovina
12,2685,3223,811
12,4465,3393,901
12,6295,3583,919
12,8275,3773,923
13,0745,3913,940
13,3685,4043,975
13,6615,4203,991
13,9155,4383,993
14,1335,4613,990
14,3525,4943,987
14,5695,5243,985
14,7865,5483,983
15,0025,5713,980
15,2185,5923,977
15,4335,6143,973
15,6475,6443,968
15,8605,6833,963
16,0725,7303,957
16,2825,7663,951
16,4895,7953,944
16,6935,8183,937
16,8945,8313,929
17,0935,8553,921
17,2885,9073,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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