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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	Barbados	Cyprus	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	818	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	826	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	835	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	845	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	855	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	867	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	879	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	894	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	913	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	937	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	962	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	988	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,013	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,029	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,026	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,015	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,009	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,014	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,023	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,036	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,050	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,062	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,072	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,087	28,418

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