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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	2,348	627
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	2,403	659
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	2,457	691
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	2,510	724
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	2,562	757
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	2,613	850
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	2,663	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	2,713	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	2,764	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	2,816	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	2,871	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	2,928	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	2,986	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	3,047	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	3,110	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	3,174	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	3,240	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	3,307	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	3,375	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	3,444	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	3,512	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	3,582	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	3,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	3,696	2,559

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