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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	Iceland	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	277	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	281	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	285	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	288	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	289	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	293	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	296	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	304	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	311	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	319	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	319	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	318	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	319	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	321	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	324	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	327	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	331	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	335	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	343	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	353	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	361	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	366	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	372	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	380	295	530

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.

All data sources

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.