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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosChileOmanSenegal
27315,1402,34810,070
27415,3402,40310,305
27515,5132,45710,576
27615,6862,51010,864
27815,8592,56211,172
27916,0292,61311,498
28016,2222,66311,839
28116,3642,71312,204
28216,5362,76412,584
28316,7002,81612,978
28516,8642,87113,382
28616,9992,92813,794
28717,1892,98614,226
28817,3783,04714,668
28917,5453,11015,121
29017,7203,17415,589
29117,9043,24016,066
29118,0993,30716,549
29218,3503,37517,044
29318,6813,44417,535
29419,0353,51218,021
29419,3853,58218,518
29519,6043,65119,016
29519,7153,69619,512

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, Oman, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.