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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date EcuadorOmanPuerto RicoBarbados
12,2682,3483,800273
12,4462,4033,811274
12,6292,4573,819275
12,8272,5103,824276
13,0742,5623,826278
13,3682,6133,827279
13,6612,6633,822280
13,9152,7133,805281
14,1332,7643,783282
14,3522,8163,761283
14,5692,8713,741285
14,7862,9283,722286
15,0022,9863,679287
15,2183,0473,636288
15,4333,1103,589289
15,6473,1743,534290
15,8603,2403,473291
16,0723,3073,411291
16,2823,3753,352292
16,4893,4443,295293
16,6933,5123,268294
16,8943,5823,247294
17,0933,6513,232295
17,2883,6963,228295

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