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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	Chile	Albania	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	3,085	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	3,065	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	3,047	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	3,038	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	3,026	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	3,014	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	2,998	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	2,979	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	2,957	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	2,934	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	2,915	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	2,900	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	2,892	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	2,888	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	2,882	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	2,876	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	2,868	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	2,863	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	2,861	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	2,854	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	2,842	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	2,825	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	2,799	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	2,787	7,387

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

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 Albania, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.