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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	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	9,918

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, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.