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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	Luxembourg	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	2,348	433	273
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	2,403	438	274
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	2,457	443	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	2,510	448	276
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	2,562	454	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	2,613	460	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	2,663	467	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	2,713	474	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	2,764	482	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	2,816	491	283
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	2,871	500	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	2,928	509	286
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	2,986	521	287
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	3,047	533	288
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	3,110	547	289
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	3,174	560	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	3,240	571	291
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	3,307	586	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	3,375	599	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	3,444	610	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	3,512	623	294
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	3,582	633	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	3,651	643	295
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	3,696	651	295

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