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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ChileBarbadosSaudi Arabia
15,14027319,964
15,34027420,426
15,51327520,956
15,68627621,549
15,85927822,189
16,02927922,850
16,22228023,516
16,36428124,178
16,53628224,841
16,70028325,518
16,86428526,227
16,99928627,068
17,18928727,810
17,37828828,516
17,54528929,220
17,72029029,936
17,90429130,646
18,09929131,360
18,35029232,184
18,68129332,869
19,03529433,661
19,38529434,542
19,60429533,651
19,71529534,081

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.