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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	Malta	Laos	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,286	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,397	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,499	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,578	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,654	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,746	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,836	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,931	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,035	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,145	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,257	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,368	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,477	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,586	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,695	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,804	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,912	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	7,019	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,127	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,234	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,343	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,452	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,560	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,666	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.

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, Malta, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.