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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	Qatar	Romania	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	22,414	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	22,262	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	22,106	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	21,931	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	21,828	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	21,704	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	21,571	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	21,443	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	21,129	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	20,779	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	20,607	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	20,485	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	20,385	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	20,296	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	20,224	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	20,151	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	20,055	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	19,938	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	19,823	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	19,713	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	19,622	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	19,496	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	19,351	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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