diff --git a/src/covid-19/covid_19_utils/covid_19_utils/converters/ecdc.py b/src/covid-19/covid_19_utils/covid_19_utils/converters/ecdc.py
index 4a0f6367acb0ca5ea560dc7f9e44fa9d7c993496..b25cd4fa9edbad369d13da27dc49818523754529 100644
--- a/src/covid-19/covid_19_utils/covid_19_utils/converters/ecdc.py
+++ b/src/covid-19/covid_19_utils/covid_19_utils/converters/ecdc.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ECDCCaseConverter(CaseConverter):
         "deaths": "deceased_daily",
         "countryterritoryCode": "country",
         "countriesAndTerritories": "country_label",
-        "popData2018": "population",
+        "popData2019": "population",
     }
     column_list = list(conversion_dict.keys())
 
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class ECDCCaseConverter(CaseConverter):
 
         # replace underscores with spaces
         df_conv['country_label'] = df_conv.apply(lambda row: row['country_label'].replace('_', ' '), axis=1)
+        
         return self._set_common_columns(df_conv)
 
     @classmethod