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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	Sudan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	26,168	273
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	26,771	274
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	27,387	275
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	28,017	276
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	28,662	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	29,321	279
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	29,996	280
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	30,686	281
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	31,393	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	32,137	283
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	33,078	285
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	33,891	286
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	34,568	287
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	35,293	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	36,093	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	37,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	38,165	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	39,294	291
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	40,512	292
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	41,764	293
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	42,952	294
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	44,121	294
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	45,290	295
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	46,498	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.

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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 Sudan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.