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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	Sudan	Burkina Faso	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	11,075	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	11,405	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	11,828	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	12,380	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	12,829	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	13,178	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	13,540	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	13,917	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	14,309	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	14,722	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	15,152	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	15,600	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	16,064	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	16,563	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	17,072	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	17,575	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	18,094	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	18,621	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	19,157	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	19,698	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	20,242	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	20,788	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	21,336	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	21,889	5,216

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.

All data sources

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, Sudan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.