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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	Burundi
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	6,128
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	6,282
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	6,466
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	6,670
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	6,897
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	7,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	7,439
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	7,709
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	7,991
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	8,318
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	8,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	9,140
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	9,440
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	9,748
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	10,069
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	10,380
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	10,577
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	10,721
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	10,955
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	11,229
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	11,602
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	11,987
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	12,384
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	12,795

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, Burundi; the database as a whole is cited above.