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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	5,286	152
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	5,397	153
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	5,499	154
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	5,578	155
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	5,654	156
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	5,746	157
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	5,836	157
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	5,931	158
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	6,035	159
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	6,145	160
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	6,257	160
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	6,368	161
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	6,477	162
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	6,586	162
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	6,695	163
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	6,804	163
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	6,912	164
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	7,019	164
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	7,127	165
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	7,234	166
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	7,343	166
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	7,452	167
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	7,560	167
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	7,666	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.