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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,741	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,847	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,917	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,978	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,983	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,005	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	72	3,138	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	72	3,311	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	72	3,469	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	73	3,603	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	73	3,708	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	73	3,817	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	73	3,984	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	73	4,141	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	73	4,244	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	73	4,348	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	74	4,460	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	74	4,576	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	74	4,689	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	74	4,810	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	75	4,904	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	75	5,005	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	76	5,109	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	76	5,216	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.