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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	Comoros	Chile	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	531	15,140	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	545	15,340	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	559	15,513	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	574	15,686	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	590	15,859	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	606	16,029	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	623	16,222	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	640	16,364	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	657	16,536	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	674	16,700	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	690	16,864	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	706	16,999	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	722	17,189	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	737	17,378	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	752	17,545	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	767	17,720	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	781	17,904	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	795	18,099	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	808	18,350	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	821	18,681	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	837	19,035	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	853	19,385	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	869	19,604	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	885	19,715	2,787

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, Comoros, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.