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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Liberia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	2,741	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	2,847	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	2,917	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	2,978	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	2,983	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	3,005	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	3,138	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	3,311	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	3,469	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	3,603	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	3,708	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	3,817	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	3,984	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	4,141	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	4,244	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	4,348	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	4,460	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	4,576	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	4,689	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	4,810	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	4,904	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	5,005	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	5,109	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	5,216	295

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.

All data sources

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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; the database as a whole is cited above.