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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	Malta	Central African Republic	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,889	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,980	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,054	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,128	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,215	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,289	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	404	4,363	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	405	4,449	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	406	4,544	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,641	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,742	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,845	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,950	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,057	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,167	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,278	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,392	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,507	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,625	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,745	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,874	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	516	6,025	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	518	6,154	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	530	6,291	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 Malta, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.