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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	Malta	Barbados	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	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 Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.