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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	Burundi
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	6,128
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	6,282
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	6,466
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	6,670
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	6,897
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	7,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	7,439
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	7,709
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	7,991
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	8,318
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	8,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	9,140
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	9,440
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	9,748
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	10,069
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	10,380
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	10,577
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	10,721
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	10,955
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	11,229
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	11,602
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	11,987
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	12,384
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	12,795

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