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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	Kenya	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.