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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	30,279

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.