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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	Bangladesh	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	132,907	273
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	135,207	274
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	137,420	275
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	139,573	276
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	141,650	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	143,644	279
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	145,546	280
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	147,376	281
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	149,047	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	150,562	283
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	152,189	285
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	153,927	286
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	155,634	287
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	157,326	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	158,999	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	160,650	290
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	162,273	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	163,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	165,655	292
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	167,358	293
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	169,045	294
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	170,709	294
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	172,354	295
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	174,217	295

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.