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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	Venezuela	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	295	108,171

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