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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	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	6,291	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

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