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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	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	937

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