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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date VenezuelaLuxembourgCongo - Kinshasa
23,18843351,181
23,60143852,782
24,01144354,453
24,42544856,170
24,84145457,860
25,25546059,599
25,66746761,474
26,07947463,479
26,58948265,590
27,09849167,800
27,51050070,114
27,92050972,550
28,32752175,138
28,72253377,792
29,11154780,534
29,41856083,368
29,69357186,229
29,96158689,193
29,85659992,209
28,85861095,232
27,92162398,320
27,871633101,499
28,316643104,767
28,418651108,171

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