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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	Dominica	Liberia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,741	273
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,847	274
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,917	275
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,978	276
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,983	278
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,005	279
Dec 31, 2005	72	3,138	280
Dec 31, 2006	72	3,311	281
Dec 31, 2007	72	3,469	282
Dec 31, 2008	73	3,603	283
Dec 31, 2009	73	3,708	285
Dec 31, 2010	73	3,817	286
Dec 31, 2011	73	3,984	287
Dec 31, 2012	73	4,141	288
Dec 31, 2013	73	4,244	289
Dec 31, 2014	73	4,348	290
Dec 31, 2015	74	4,460	291
Dec 31, 2016	74	4,576	291
Dec 31, 2017	74	4,689	292
Dec 31, 2018	74	4,810	293
Dec 31, 2019	75	4,904	294
Dec 31, 2020	75	5,005	294
Dec 31, 2021	76	5,109	295
Dec 31, 2022	76	5,216	295

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 Dominica, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.