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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	Denmark	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	5,322	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	5,339	274
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	5,358	275
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	5,377	276
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	5,391	278
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	5,404	279
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	5,420	280
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	5,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	5,461	282
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	5,494	283
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	5,524	285
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	5,548	286
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	5,571	287
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	5,592	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	5,614	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	5,644	290
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	5,683	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	5,730	291
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	5,766	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	5,795	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	5,818	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	5,831	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	5,855	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	5,907	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.

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