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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ChileOmanBurkina FasoLuxembourg
15,1402,34811,075433
15,3402,40311,405438
15,5132,45711,828443
15,6862,51012,380448
15,8592,56212,829454
16,0292,61313,178460
16,2222,66313,540467
16,3642,71313,917474
16,5362,76414,309482
16,7002,81614,722491
16,8642,87115,152500
16,9992,92815,600509
17,1892,98616,064521
17,3783,04716,563533
17,5453,11017,072547
17,7203,17417,575560
17,9043,24018,094571
18,0993,30718,621586
18,3503,37519,157599
18,6813,44419,698610
19,0353,51220,242623
19,3853,58220,788633
19,6043,65121,336643
19,7153,69621,889651

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.

All data sources

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 Oman, Burkina Faso, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.