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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.