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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	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	2,348	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	2,403	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	2,457	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	2,510	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	2,562	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	2,613	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	2,663	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	2,713	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	2,764	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	2,816	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	2,871	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	2,928	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	2,986	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	3,047	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	3,110	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	3,174	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	3,240	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	3,307	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	3,375	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	3,444	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	3,512	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	3,582	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	3,651	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	3,696	295	530

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