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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	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	21,889	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.