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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.