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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	Oman	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	2,348	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	2,403	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	2,457	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	2,510	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	2,562	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	2,613	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	2,663	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	2,713	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	2,764	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	2,816	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	2,871	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	2,986	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	3,047	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	3,110	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	3,174	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	3,240	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	3,307	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	3,375	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	3,444	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	3,512	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	3,582	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	3,651	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	3,696	651

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, Oman, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.