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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	Burkina Faso	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	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

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.