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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 AfghanistanOmanVenezuela
22,2062,34823,188
22,4612,40323,601
22,5072,45724,011
23,6002,51024,425
25,0052,56224,841
25,6982,61325,255
26,3352,66325,667
27,1542,71326,079
27,3872,76426,589
27,7062,81627,098
28,4842,87127,510
29,1212,92827,920
29,7582,98628,327
30,4203,04728,722
31,1083,11029,111
31,8233,17429,418
32,5643,24029,693
33,3323,30729,961
34,1253,37529,856
34,9413,44428,858
35,9723,51227,921
37,0343,58227,871
38,1273,65128,316
39,2523,69628,418

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.