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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.