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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date VenezuelaOmanUganda
23,1882,34823,408
23,6012,40324,195
24,0112,45724,992
24,4252,51025,846
24,8412,56226,661
25,2552,61327,414
25,6672,66328,200
26,0792,71329,021
26,5892,76429,846
27,0982,81630,647
27,5102,87131,469
27,9202,92832,343
28,3272,98633,257
28,7223,04734,234
29,1113,11035,271
29,4183,17436,419
29,6933,24037,673
29,9613,30739,157
29,8563,37540,879
28,8583,44442,329
27,9213,51243,639
27,8713,58245,120
28,3163,65146,645
28,4183,69648,065

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

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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