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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date EcuadorOmanJamaica
12,2682,3482,643
12,4462,4032,670
12,6292,4572,694
12,8272,5102,707
13,0742,5622,709
13,3682,6132,711
13,6612,6632,711
13,9152,7132,710
14,1332,7642,708
14,3522,8162,705
14,5692,8712,702
14,7862,9282,697
15,0022,9862,692
15,2183,0472,686
15,4333,1102,682
15,6473,1742,678
15,8603,2402,675
16,0723,3072,674
16,2823,3752,673
16,4893,4442,673
16,6933,5122,674
16,8943,5822,675
17,0933,6512,676
17,2883,6962,676

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.

Jamaica

  • 1850 - 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)

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