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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LiberiaOmanTrinidad & Tobago
2,7412,3481,301
2,8472,4031,303
2,9172,4571,308
2,9782,5101,314
2,9832,5621,320
3,0052,6131,326
3,1382,6631,332
3,3112,7131,338
3,4692,7641,344
3,6032,8161,352
3,7082,8711,359
3,8172,9281,365
3,9842,9861,372
4,1413,0471,379
4,2443,1101,386
4,3483,1741,392
4,4603,2401,399
4,5763,3071,405
4,6893,3751,411
4,8103,4441,436
4,9043,5121,452
5,0053,5821,448
5,1093,6511,450
5,2163,6961,456

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