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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 LesothoEcuadorBosnia & Herzegovina
1,90812,2683,811
1,91612,4463,901
1,92212,6293,919
1,92612,8273,923
1,92613,0743,940
1,92513,3683,975
1,92213,6613,991
1,91913,9153,993
1,91714,1333,990
1,91514,3523,987
1,91614,5693,985
1,92014,7863,983
1,92515,0023,980
1,93015,2183,977
1,93615,4333,973
1,94215,6473,968
1,94815,8603,963
1,95316,0723,957
1,95816,2823,951
1,96216,4893,944
1,98716,6933,937
2,01316,8943,929
2,03717,0933,921
2,05917,2883,876

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 Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.