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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosLesothoVenezuela
2731,90823,188
2741,91623,601
2751,92224,011
2761,92624,425
2781,92624,841
2791,92525,255
2801,92225,667
2811,91926,079
2821,91726,589
2831,91527,098
2851,91627,510
2861,92027,920
2871,92528,327
2881,93028,722
2891,93629,111
2901,94229,418
2911,94829,693
2911,95329,961
2921,95829,856
2931,96228,858
2941,98727,921
2942,01327,871
2952,03728,316
2952,05928,418

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, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.