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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	Madagascar	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	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

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