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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	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	6,833

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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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