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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	Burkina Faso	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	11,075	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	11,405	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	11,828	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	12,380	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	12,829	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	13,178	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	13,540	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	13,917	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	14,309	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	14,722	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	15,152	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	15,600	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	16,064	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	16,563	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	17,072	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	17,575	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	18,094	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	18,621	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	19,157	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	19,698	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	20,242	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	20,788	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	21,336	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	21,889	10,099

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

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.