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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	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	5,655

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, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.