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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 EcuadorParaguayBosnia & Herzegovina
12,2685,3663,811
12,4465,4733,901
12,6295,5793,919
12,8275,6833,923
13,0745,7863,940
13,3685,8863,975
13,6615,9843,991
13,9156,0803,993
14,1336,1733,990
14,3526,2643,987
14,5696,3523,985
14,7866,4383,983
15,0026,5223,980
15,2186,6053,977
15,4336,6883,973
15,6476,7693,968
15,8606,8503,963
16,0726,9303,957
16,2827,0123,951
16,4897,0953,944
16,6937,1793,937
16,8947,2633,929
17,0937,3483,921
17,2887,4323,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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