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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	Uganda	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	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.

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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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.