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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	Barbados	Dominica	Liberia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	2,741	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	2,847	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	2,917	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	2,978	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	2,983	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	3,005	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	3,138	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	3,311	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	3,469	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	3,603	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	3,708	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	3,817	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	3,984	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	4,141	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	4,244	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	4,348	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	4,460	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	4,576	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	4,689	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	4,810	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	4,904	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	5,005	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	5,109	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	5,216	108,171

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

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, Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.