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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	Malta	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	387	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	390	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	393	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	396	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	398	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	401	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	404	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	405	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	406	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	409	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	412	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	414	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	416	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	420	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	426	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	435	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	445	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	455	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	468	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	485	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	504	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	516	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	518	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	530	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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.