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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	Barbados	Australia	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	18,692	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	18,907	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,151	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	19,371	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	19,595	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,805	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,048	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,320	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,694	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,113	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,553	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,891	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,197	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,588	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,980	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,326	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,664	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,036	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	24,445	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	24,823	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,204	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,529	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,574	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,826	19,715

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.