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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosVenezuelaLaos
27323,1885,286
27423,6015,397
27524,0115,499
27624,4255,578
27824,8415,654
27925,2555,746
28025,6675,836
28126,0795,931
28226,5896,035
28327,0986,145
28527,5106,257
28627,9206,368
28728,3276,477
28828,7226,586
28929,1116,695
29029,4186,804
29129,6936,912
29129,9617,019
29229,8567,127
29328,8587,234
29427,9217,343
29427,8717,452
29528,3167,560
29528,4187,666

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

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