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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	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	12,060

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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.