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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	46,498

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

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