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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	28,237

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