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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	Malta	Oman	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	2,348	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	2,403	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	2,457	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	2,510	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	2,562	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	2,613	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	2,663	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	2,713	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	2,764	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	2,816	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	2,871	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	2,928	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,986	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	3,047	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	3,110	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	3,174	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	3,240	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	3,307	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	3,375	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	3,444	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	3,512	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	3,582	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	3,651	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	3,696	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

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