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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	Iceland	Central African Republic	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,889	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,980	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	4,054	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	4,128	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	4,215	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	4,289	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	4,363	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	4,449	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	4,544	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	4,641	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	4,742	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	4,845	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	4,950	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,057	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,167	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,278	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,392	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,507	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,625	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,745	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,874	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	6,025	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	6,154	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	6,291	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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.