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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Barbados | Croatia | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | 4,377 | 23,188 | |
| 274 | 4,334 | 23,601 | |
| 275 | 4,171 | 24,011 | |
| 276 | 4,176 | 24,425 | |
| 278 | 4,176 | 24,841 | |
| 279 | 4,179 | 25,255 | |
| 280 | 4,182 | 25,667 | |
| 281 | 4,183 | 26,079 | |
| 282 | 4,183 | 26,589 | |
| 283 | 4,181 | 27,098 | |
| 285 | 4,177 | 27,510 | |
| 286 | 4,167 | 27,920 | |
| 287 | 4,154 | 28,327 | |
| 288 | 4,141 | 28,722 | |
| 289 | 4,126 | 29,111 | |
| 290 | 4,109 | 29,418 | |
| 291 | 4,081 | 29,693 | |
| 291 | 4,047 | 29,961 | |
| 292 | 4,006 | 29,856 | |
| 293 | 3,968 | 28,858 | |
| 294 | 3,945 | 27,921 | |
| 294 | 3,925 | 27,871 | |
| 295 | 3,839 | 28,316 | |
| 295 | 3,790 | 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.
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
Croatia
- 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project
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; the database as a whole is cited above.