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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	Dominica	Laos	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,286	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,397	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,499	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,578	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,654	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,746	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,836	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,931	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	72	6,035	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	73	6,145	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	73	6,257	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	73	6,368	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	73	6,477	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	73	6,586	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	73	6,695	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	73	6,804	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	74	6,912	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	74	7,019	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	74	7,127	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	74	7,234	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	75	7,343	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	75	7,452	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	76	7,560	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	76	7,666	28,418

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 Dominica, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.