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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	Yemen	Burkina Faso	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	11,075	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	11,405	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	11,828	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	12,380	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	12,829	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	13,178	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	13,540	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	13,917	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	14,309	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	14,722	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	15,152	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	15,600	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	16,064	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	16,563	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	17,072	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	17,575	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	18,094	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	18,621	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	19,157	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	19,698	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	20,242	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	20,788	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	21,336	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	21,889	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 Yemen, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.