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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 ChileRomaniaLesotho
15,14022,4141,908
15,34022,2621,916
15,51322,1061,922
15,68621,9311,926
15,85921,8281,926
16,02921,7041,925
16,22221,5711,922
16,36421,4431,919
16,53621,1291,917
16,70020,7791,915
16,86420,6071,916
16,99920,4851,920
17,18920,3851,925
17,37820,2961,930
17,54520,2241,936
17,72020,1511,942
17,90420,0551,948
18,09919,9381,953
18,35019,8231,958
18,68119,7131,962
19,03519,6221,987
19,38519,4962,013
19,60419,3512,037
19,71519,2662,059

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.