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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	Venezuela	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	12,060

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.