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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	Burkina Faso	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	11,075	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	11,405	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	11,828	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	12,380	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	12,829	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	13,178	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	13,540	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	13,917	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	14,309	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	14,722	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	15,152	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	15,600	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	16,064	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	16,563	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	17,072	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	17,575	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	18,094	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	18,621	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	19,157	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	19,698	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	20,242	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	20,788	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	21,336	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	21,889	117,924

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