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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	North Korea	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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.