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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	Chile	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	10,099

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.