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

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.