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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Venezuela	Moldova	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	4,244	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	4,199	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	4,154	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	4,108	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	4,059	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	4,013	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	3,966	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	3,919	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	3,873	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	3,829	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	3,788	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	3,748	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	3,709	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	3,671	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	3,633	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	3,595	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	3,558	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	3,522	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	3,485	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	3,448	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	3,412	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	3,376	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	3,339	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	3,570	21,889

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 Moldova, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.