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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 EcuadorOmanSudanBarbados
12,2682,34826,168273
12,4462,40326,771274
12,6292,45727,387275
12,8272,51028,017276
13,0742,56228,662278
13,3682,61329,321279
13,6612,66329,996280
13,9152,71330,686281
14,1332,76431,393282
14,3522,81632,137283
14,5692,87133,078285
14,7862,92833,891286
15,0022,98634,568287
15,2183,04735,293288
15,4333,11036,093289
15,6473,17437,058290
15,8603,24038,165291
16,0723,30739,294291
16,2823,37540,512292
16,4893,44441,764293
16,6933,51242,952294
16,8943,58244,121294
17,0933,65145,290295
17,2883,69646,498295

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