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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 TunisiaLaosVenezuela
9,4175,28623,188
9,5145,39723,601
9,6135,49924,011
9,7115,57824,425
9,8105,65424,841
9,9065,74625,255
9,9975,83625,667
10,0875,93126,079
10,1786,03526,589
10,2746,14527,098
10,3776,25727,510
10,4916,36827,920
10,6126,47728,327
10,7376,58628,722
10,8666,69529,111
10,9966,80429,418
11,1246,91229,693
11,2487,01929,961
11,3657,12729,856
11,4777,23428,858
11,5837,34327,921
11,6817,45227,871
11,7727,56028,316
11,8627,66628,418

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