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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	Cameroon	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	19,715

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