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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	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	2,348	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	2,403	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	2,457	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	2,510	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	2,562	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	2,613	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	2,663	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	2,713	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	2,764	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	2,816	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	2,871	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	2,928	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	2,986	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	3,047	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	3,110	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	3,174	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	3,240	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	3,307	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	3,375	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	3,444	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	3,512	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	3,582	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	3,651	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	3,696	19,266	295

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.

All data sources

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.