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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	64,835

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, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.