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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	Germany	Burkina Faso	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	11,075	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	11,405	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	11,828	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	12,380	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	12,829	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	13,178	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	13,540	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	13,917	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	14,309	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	14,722	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	15,152	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	15,600	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	16,064	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	16,563	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	17,072	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	17,575	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	18,094	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	18,621	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	19,157	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	19,698	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	20,242	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	20,788	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	21,336	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	21,889	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.

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.