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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 ChileBurkina FasoSeychelles
15,14011,07578
15,34011,40579
15,51311,82880
15,68612,38081
15,85912,82982
16,02913,17883
16,22213,54084
16,36413,91785
16,53614,30986
16,70014,72287
16,86415,15287
16,99915,60088
17,18916,06489
17,37816,56390
17,54517,07291
17,72017,57592
17,90418,09492
18,09918,62193
18,35019,15794
18,68119,69895
19,03520,24296
19,38520,78897
19,60421,33698
19,71521,88998

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