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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	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	55,924

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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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