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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	273	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	274	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	275	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	276	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	278	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	279	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	280	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	281	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	282	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	283	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	285	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	286	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	287	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	288	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	289	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	290	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	291	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	291	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	292	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	293	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	294	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	294	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	295	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	295	1,456

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 Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.