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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaBarbadosVenezuela
51,18127323,188
52,78227423,601
54,45327524,011
56,17027624,425
57,86027824,841
59,59927925,255
61,47428025,667
63,47928126,079
65,59028226,589
67,80028327,098
70,11428527,510
72,55028627,920
75,13828728,327
77,79228828,722
80,53428929,111
83,36829029,418
86,22929129,693
89,19329129,961
92,20929229,856
95,23229328,858
98,32029427,921
101,49929427,871
104,76729528,316
108,17129528,418

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.