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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	51,181	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	52,782	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	54,453	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	56,170	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	57,860	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	59,599	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	61,474	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	63,479	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	65,590	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	67,800	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	70,114	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	72,550	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	75,138	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	77,792	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	80,534	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	83,368	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	86,229	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	89,193	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	92,209	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	95,232	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	98,320	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	101,499	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	104,767	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	108,171	167

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

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