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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosVenezuelaBurkina FasoPuerto Rico
27323,18811,0753,800
27423,60111,4053,811
27524,01111,8283,819
27624,42512,3803,824
27824,84112,8293,826
27925,25513,1783,827
28025,66713,5403,822
28126,07913,9173,805
28226,58914,3093,783
28327,09814,7223,761
28527,51015,1523,741
28627,92015,6003,722
28728,32716,0643,679
28828,72216,5633,636
28929,11117,0723,589
29029,41817,5753,534
29129,69318,0943,473
29129,96118,6213,411
29229,85619,1573,352
29328,85819,6983,295
29427,92120,2423,268
29427,87120,7883,247
29528,31621,3363,232
29528,41821,8893,228

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, Burkina Faso, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.