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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosHaitiOmanChile
2738,1212,34815,140
2748,2792,40315,340
2758,4302,45715,513
2768,5802,51015,686
2788,7392,56215,859
2798,9002,61316,029
2809,0612,66316,222
2819,2162,71316,364
2829,3642,76416,536
2839,5082,81616,700
2859,6522,87116,864
2869,5532,92816,999
2879,6702,98617,189
2889,7933,04717,378
2899,9223,11017,545
29010,0473,17417,720
29110,2543,24017,904
29110,4863,30718,099
29210,6473,37518,350
29310,7883,44418,681
29410,9333,51219,035
29411,0773,58219,385
29511,2153,65119,604
29511,3493,69619,715

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.

All data sources

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, Haiti, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.