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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	Togo
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	4,852
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	4,992
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	5,135
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	5,278
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	5,425
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	5,578
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	5,865
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	6,042
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	6,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	6,405
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	6,587
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	6,772
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	6,961
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	7,154
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	7,351
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	7,552
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	7,757
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	7,965
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	8,176
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	8,376
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	8,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	8,784
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	8,991

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