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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,741	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,847	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,917	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,978	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,983	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,005	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,138	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,311	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,469	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,603	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,708	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,817	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,984	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,141	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,244	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,348	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,460	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,576	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,689	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,810	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,904	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,005	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,109	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,216	19,512

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 Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.