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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	Chile	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	15,140	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	15,340	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	15,513	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	15,686	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	15,859	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	16,029	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	16,222	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	16,364	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	16,536	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	16,700	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	16,864	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	16,999	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	17,189	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	17,378	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,545	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,720	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	17,904	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,099	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	18,350	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	18,681	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,035	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,385	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,604	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,715	295

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, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.