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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	Oman	Albania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	2,348	3,085	152
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	2,403	3,065	153
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	2,457	3,047	154
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	2,510	3,038	155
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	2,562	3,026	156
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	2,613	3,014	157
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	2,663	2,998	157
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	2,713	2,979	158
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	2,764	2,957	159
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	2,816	2,934	160
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	2,871	2,915	160
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	2,928	2,900	161
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	2,986	2,892	162
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	3,047	2,888	162
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	3,110	2,882	163
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	3,174	2,876	163
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	3,240	2,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	3,307	2,863	164
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	3,375	2,861	165
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	3,444	2,854	166
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	3,512	2,842	166
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	3,582	2,825	167
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	3,651	2,799	167
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	3,696	2,787	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.

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.

No separate list is published for Oman, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.