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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	Yemen	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	277	16,728	273
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	281	17,236	274
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	285	17,762	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	288	18,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	289	18,855	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	293	19,410	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	296	20,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	304	20,611	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	311	21,236	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	319	21,878	283
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	319	22,533	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	318	23,195	286
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	319	23,880	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	321	24,594	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	324	25,311	289
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	327	26,020	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	331	26,698	291
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	335	27,347	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	343	27,985	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	353	28,608	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	361	29,216	294
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	366	29,811	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	372	30,399	295
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	380	31,058	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.

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 Yemen, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.