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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	Iceland	Liberia	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,741	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,847	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,917	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,978	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,983	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,005	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,138	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,311	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,469	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,603	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,708	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,817	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,984	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,141	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,244	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,348	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,460	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,576	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,689	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,810	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,904	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,005	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,109	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,216	29,417

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.