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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	3,085	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	3,065	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	3,047	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	3,038	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	3,026	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	3,014	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	2,998	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	2,979	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	2,957	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	2,934	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	2,915	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	2,900	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	2,892	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	2,888	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	2,882	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	2,876	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	2,868	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	2,863	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	2,861	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	2,854	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	2,842	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	2,825	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	2,799	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	2,787	31,845

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, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.