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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	Ecuador	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	433	12,268	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	438	12,446	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	443	12,629	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	448	12,827	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	454	13,074	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	460	13,368	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	467	13,661	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	474	13,915	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	482	14,133	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	491	14,352	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	500	14,569	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	14,786	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	521	15,002	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	533	15,218	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	547	15,433	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	560	15,647	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	571	15,860	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	586	16,072	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	599	16,282	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	610	16,489	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	623	16,693	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	633	16,894	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	643	17,093	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	651	17,288	3,696	295

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, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.