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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 EcuadorParaguayBarbados
12,2685,366273
12,4465,473274
12,6295,579275
12,8275,683276
13,0745,786278
13,3685,886279
13,6615,984280
13,9156,080281
14,1336,173282
14,3526,264283
14,5696,352285
14,7866,438286
15,0026,522287
15,2186,605288
15,4336,688289
15,6476,769290
15,8606,850291
16,0726,930291
16,2827,012292
16,4897,095293
16,6937,179294
16,8947,263294
17,0937,348295
17,2887,432295

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.

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