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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	Moldova	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	11,075	4,244	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	11,405	4,199	274
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	11,828	4,154	275
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	12,380	4,108	276
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	12,829	4,059	278
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	13,178	4,013	279
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	13,540	3,966	280
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	13,917	3,919	281
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	14,309	3,873	282
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	14,722	3,829	283
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	15,152	3,788	285
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	15,600	3,748	286
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	16,064	3,709	287
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	16,563	3,671	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	17,072	3,633	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	17,575	3,595	290
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	18,094	3,558	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	18,621	3,522	291
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	19,157	3,485	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	19,698	3,448	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	20,242	3,412	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	20,788	3,376	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	21,336	3,339	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	21,889	3,570	295

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.

All data sources

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, Moldova, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.