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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	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	7,666	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.

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