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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Venezuela	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	5,655

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 Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.