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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaPuerto RicoLiberia
703,8002,741
713,8112,847
713,8192,917
723,8242,978
723,8262,983
723,8273,005
723,8223,138
723,8053,311
723,7833,469
733,7613,603
733,7413,708
733,7223,817
733,6793,984
733,6364,141
733,5894,244
733,5344,348
743,4734,460
743,4114,576
743,3524,689
743,2954,810
753,2684,904
753,2475,005
763,2325,109
763,2285,216

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