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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	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	12,060

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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