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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Barbados | Norway | Chile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | 4,463 | 15,140 | |
| 274 | 4,492 | 15,340 | |
| 275 | 4,515 | 15,513 | |
| 276 | 4,539 | 15,686 | |
| 278 | 4,566 | 15,859 | |
| 279 | 4,593 | 16,029 | |
| 280 | 4,624 | 16,222 | |
| 281 | 4,662 | 16,364 | |
| 282 | 4,710 | 16,536 | |
| 283 | 4,769 | 16,700 | |
| 285 | 4,830 | 16,864 | |
| 286 | 4,890 | 16,999 | |
| 287 | 4,954 | 17,189 | |
| 288 | 5,020 | 17,378 | |
| 289 | 5,081 | 17,545 | |
| 290 | 5,138 | 17,720 | |
| 291 | 5,191 | 17,904 | |
| 291 | 5,237 | 18,099 | |
| 292 | 5,278 | 18,350 | |
| 293 | 5,313 | 18,681 | |
| 294 | 5,349 | 19,035 | |
| 294 | 5,380 | 19,385 | |
| 295 | 5,409 | 19,604 | |
| 295 | 5,458 | 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.
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
Norway
- 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
- 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995
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.