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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	Oman	Chile	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	15,140	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	15,340	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	15,513	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	15,686	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	15,859	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	16,029	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	16,222	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	16,364	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	16,536	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	16,700	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	16,864	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	16,999	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	17,189	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	17,378	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	17,545	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	17,720	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	17,904	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	18,099	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	18,350	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	18,681	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	19,035	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	19,385	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	19,604	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	19,715	220

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, Oman, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.