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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	433	51,181	2,348	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	438	52,782	2,403	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	443	54,453	2,457	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	448	56,170	2,510	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,860	2,562	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	460	59,599	2,613	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	467	61,474	2,663	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,479	2,713	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	482	65,590	2,764	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	491	67,800	2,816	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	500	70,114	2,871	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	509	72,550	2,928	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	521	75,138	2,986	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	533	77,792	3,047	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	547	80,534	3,110	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	560	83,368	3,174	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	571	86,229	3,240	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	586	89,193	3,307	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	599	92,209	3,375	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	610	95,232	3,444	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	623	98,320	3,512	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	633	101,499	3,582	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	643	104,767	3,651	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	651	108,171	3,696	17,288

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 Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.