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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Venezuela	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	3,696	39,252

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 Oman, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.