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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	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	7,666	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 Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.