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

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