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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	Oman	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	2,348	387
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	2,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	2,457	393
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	2,510	396
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	2,562	398
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	2,613	401
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	2,663	404
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	2,713	405
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	2,764	406
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	2,816	409
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	2,871	412
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	2,928	414
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	2,986	416
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	3,047	420
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	3,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	3,174	435
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	3,240	445
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	3,307	455
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	3,375	468
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	3,444	485
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	3,512	504
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	3,582	516
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	3,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	3,696	530

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.