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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	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	29,417

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 Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.