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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	Liberia	Barbados	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	273	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	274	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	275	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	276	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	278	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	279	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	280	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	281	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	282	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	283	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	285	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	286	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	287	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	288	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	289	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	290	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	291	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	291	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	292	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	293	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	294	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	294	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	295	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	295	3,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.