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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 ChileHondurasCongo - Kinshasa
15,1406,19851,181
15,3406,36752,782
15,5136,53554,453
15,6866,69856,170
15,8596,86357,860
16,0297,02859,599
16,2227,19461,474
16,3647,35963,479
16,5367,52265,590
16,7007,68267,800
16,8647,83970,114
16,9997,99172,550
17,1898,14175,138
17,3788,28877,792
17,5458,42980,534
17,7208,54683,368
17,9048,66186,229
18,0998,77089,193
18,3508,87892,209
18,6819,00295,232
19,0359,15498,320
19,3859,304101,499
19,6049,448104,767
19,7159,590108,171

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