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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 BarbadosNigerVenezuela
27310,42423,188
27410,78523,601
27511,17024,011
27611,58024,425
27812,01524,841
27912,47225,255
28012,95425,667
28113,45926,079
28213,98626,589
28314,53227,098
28515,09227,510
28615,66927,920
28716,26328,327
28816,90328,722
28917,56929,111
29018,24229,418
29118,95729,693
29119,70829,961
29220,46229,856
29321,22828,858
29422,02327,921
29422,84227,871
29523,69128,316
29524,58728,418

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