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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,188	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,601	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,011	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,425	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,841	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,255	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,667	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,079	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,589	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,098	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,510	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,920	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,327	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,722	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,111	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,418	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,693	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,961	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,856	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,858	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,921	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,871	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,316	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,418	63,382

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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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