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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 EstoniaCongo - KinshasaChile
1,37851,18115,140
1,40052,78215,340
1,39154,45315,513
1,38256,17015,686
1,37457,86015,859
1,36559,59916,029
1,35761,47416,222
1,34963,47916,364
1,34165,59016,536
1,33767,80016,700
1,33470,11416,864
1,33272,55016,999
1,32875,13817,189
1,32477,79217,378
1,31980,53417,545
1,31483,36817,720
1,31286,22917,904
1,31489,19318,099
1,31492,20918,350
1,31895,23218,681
1,32398,32019,035
1,327101,49919,385
1,329104,76719,604
1,330108,17119,715

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