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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	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,140	2,348	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,340	2,403	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	15,513	2,457	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	15,686	2,510	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	15,859	2,562	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	16,029	2,613	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	16,222	2,663	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	16,364	2,713	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	16,536	2,764	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	16,700	2,816	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	16,864	2,871	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	16,999	2,928	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	17,189	2,986	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	17,378	3,047	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,545	3,110	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,720	3,174	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	17,904	3,240	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,099	3,307	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	18,350	3,375	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	18,681	3,444	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,035	3,512	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,385	3,582	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,604	3,651	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,715	3,696	108,171	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.

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