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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	51,181	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	52,782	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	54,453	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	56,170	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	57,860	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	59,599	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	61,474	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	63,479	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	65,590	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	67,800	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	70,114	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	72,550	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	75,138	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	77,792	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	80,534	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	83,368	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	86,229	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	89,193	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	92,209	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	95,232	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	98,320	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	101,499	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	104,767	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	108,171	3,876

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.

All data sources

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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