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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 EcuadorIcelandDominican Republic
12,2682778,175
12,4462818,301
12,6292858,427
12,8272888,553
13,0742898,678
13,3682938,801
13,6612968,924
13,9153049,044
14,1333119,164
14,3523199,281
14,5693199,398
14,7863189,512
15,0023199,627
15,2183219,742
15,4333249,855
15,6473279,965
15,86033110,072
16,07233510,177
16,28234310,281
16,48935310,385
16,69336110,487
16,89436610,587
17,09337210,686
17,28838010,793

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.

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 Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.