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

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