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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	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	5,366	138
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	5,473	141
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	5,579	144
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	5,683	147
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	5,786	151
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	5,886	154
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	5,984	158
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	6,080	161
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	6,173	165
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	6,264	168
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	6,352	172
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	6,438	176
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	6,522	180
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	6,605	183
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	6,688	187
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	6,769	190
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	6,850	194
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	6,930	198
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	7,012	201
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	7,095	204
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	7,179	208
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	7,263	212
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	7,348	216
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	7,432	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.