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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	24,587

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