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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	Cameroon	Burkina Faso	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	11,075	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	11,405	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	11,828	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	12,380	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	12,829	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	13,178	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	13,540	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	13,917	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	14,309	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	14,722	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	15,152	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	15,600	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	16,064	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	16,563	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	17,072	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	17,575	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	18,094	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	18,621	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	19,157	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	19,698	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	20,242	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	20,788	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	21,336	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	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.

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