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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 ChileCongo - KinshasaHaiti
15,14051,1818,121
15,34052,7828,279
15,51354,4538,430
15,68656,1708,580
15,85957,8608,739
16,02959,5998,900
16,22261,4749,061
16,36463,4799,216
16,53665,5909,364
16,70067,8009,508
16,86470,1149,652
16,99972,5509,553
17,18975,1389,670
17,37877,7929,793
17,54580,5349,922
17,72083,36810,047
17,90486,22910,254
18,09989,19310,486
18,35092,20910,647
18,68195,23210,788
19,03598,32010,933
19,385101,49911,077
19,604104,76711,215
19,715108,17111,349

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.