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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.