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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	Spain	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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; the database as a whole is cited above.