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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	Central African Republic	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.