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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Chile	Burkina Faso	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	11,075	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	11,405	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	11,828	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	12,380	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	12,829	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	13,178	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	13,540	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	13,917	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	14,309	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	14,722	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	15,152	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	15,600	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	16,064	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	16,563	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	17,072	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	17,575	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	18,094	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	18,621	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	19,157	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	19,698	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	20,242	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	20,788	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	21,336	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	21,889	13,439

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 Burkina Faso, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.