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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	Malaysia	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,132	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,695	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,291	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,874	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,437	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,993	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,543	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,086	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,620	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,161	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,715	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	286	28,268	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,750	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	288	29,163	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,568	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,977	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,387	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	291	30,782	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	292	31,164	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,539	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	294	31,903	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,257	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	32,603	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	295	32,956	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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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.