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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	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	32,956

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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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