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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	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	2,316

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