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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ecuador	Denmark	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	5,322	138
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	5,339	141
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	5,358	144
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	5,377	147
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	5,391	151
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	5,404	154
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	5,420	158
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	5,438	161
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	5,461	165
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	5,494	168
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	5,524	172
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	5,548	176
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	5,571	180
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	5,592	183
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	5,614	187
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	5,644	190
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	5,683	194
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	5,730	198
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	5,766	201
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	5,795	204
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	5,818	208
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	5,831	212
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	5,855	216
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	5,907	220

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 Denmark, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.