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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	Oman	Argentina
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	2,348	36,924
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	2,403	37,336
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	2,457	37,714
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	2,510	38,079
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	2,562	38,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	2,613	38,800
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	2,663	39,171
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	2,713	39,556
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	2,764	39,947
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	2,816	40,343
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	2,871	40,736
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	2,928	41,401
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	2,986	41,881
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	3,047	42,360
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	3,110	42,836
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	3,174	43,310
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	3,240	43,779
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	3,307	44,245
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	3,375	44,706
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	3,444	45,162
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	3,512	45,613
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	3,582	46,058
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	3,651	46,496
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	3,696	46,736

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

Argentina

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1900: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P
1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE. and quinquennial averages published in El Desarrollo Económico de la Argentina, ECLA, Mexico, 1959, p. 15;
1913-1950: IEERAL, "Estadísticas de la evolución económica de Argentina, 1913-84", Estudios, Buenos Aires, July-September, 1986.

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