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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	31,058

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