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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,348	11,075	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,403	11,405	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,457	11,828	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,510	12,380	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,562	12,829	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	72	2,613	13,178	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	72	2,663	13,540	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	72	2,713	13,917	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	72	2,764	14,309	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	73	2,816	14,722	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	73	2,871	15,152	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	73	2,928	15,600	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	73	2,986	16,064	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,047	16,563	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,110	17,072	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,174	17,575	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,240	18,094	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,307	18,621	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,375	19,157	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,444	19,698	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,512	20,242	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,582	20,788	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,651	21,336	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,696	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 Dominica, Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.