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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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