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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	Oman	Venezuela	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	23,188	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	23,601	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	24,011	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	24,425	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	24,841	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	25,255	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	25,667	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	26,079	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	26,589	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	27,098	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	27,510	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	27,920	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	28,327	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	28,722	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	29,111	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	29,418	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	29,693	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	29,961	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	29,856	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	28,858	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	27,921	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	27,871	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	28,316	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	28,418	651

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