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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	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	13,439

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