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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	Paraguay	Chile	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	15,140	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	15,340	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	15,513	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	15,686	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	15,859	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	16,029	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	16,222	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	16,364	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	16,536	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	16,700	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	16,864	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	16,999	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	17,189	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	17,378	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	17,545	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	17,720	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	17,904	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	18,099	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	18,350	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	18,681	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	19,035	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	19,385	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	19,604	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	19,715	651

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, Paraguay, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.