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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 HaitiCongo - KinshasaChile
8,12151,18115,140
8,27952,78215,340
8,43054,45315,513
8,58056,17015,686
8,73957,86015,859
8,90059,59916,029
9,06161,47416,222
9,21663,47916,364
9,36465,59016,536
9,50867,80016,700
9,65270,11416,864
9,55372,55016,999
9,67075,13817,189
9,79377,79217,378
9,92280,53417,545
10,04783,36817,720
10,25486,22917,904
10,48689,19318,099
10,64792,20918,350
10,78895,23218,681
10,93398,32019,035
11,077101,49919,385
11,215104,76719,604
11,349108,17119,715

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