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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 LesothoCongo - KinshasaVenezuela
1,90851,18123,188
1,91652,78223,601
1,92254,45324,011
1,92656,17024,425
1,92657,86024,841
1,92559,59925,255
1,92261,47425,667
1,91963,47926,079
1,91765,59026,589
1,91567,80027,098
1,91670,11427,510
1,92072,55027,920
1,92575,13828,327
1,93077,79228,722
1,93680,53429,111
1,94283,36829,418
1,94886,22929,693
1,95389,19329,961
1,95892,20929,856
1,96295,23228,858
1,98798,32027,921
2,013101,49927,871
2,037104,76728,316
2,059108,17128,418

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