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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	108,171	19,715

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