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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	2,348	51,181	433
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	2,403	52,782	438
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	2,457	54,453	443
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	2,510	56,170	448
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	2,562	57,860	454
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	2,613	59,599	460
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	2,663	61,474	467
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	2,713	63,479	474
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	2,764	65,590	482
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	2,816	67,800	491
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	2,871	70,114	500
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	2,928	72,550	509
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	2,986	75,138	521
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	3,047	77,792	533
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	3,110	80,534	547
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	3,174	83,368	560
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	3,240	86,229	571
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	3,307	89,193	586
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	3,375	92,209	599
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	3,444	95,232	610
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	3,512	98,320	623
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	3,582	101,499	633
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	3,651	104,767	643
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	3,696	108,171	651

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.