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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	Yemen	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	70	16,728	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	71	17,236	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	71	17,762	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	72	18,310	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	72	18,855	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	72	19,410	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	72	20,000	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	72	20,611	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,236	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	73	21,878	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	73	22,533	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	73	23,195	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	73	23,880	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	73	24,594	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	73	25,311	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	73	26,020	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	74	26,698	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	74	27,347	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	74	27,985	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	74	28,608	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	75	29,216	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	75	29,811	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	76	30,399	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	76	31,058	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 Dominica, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.