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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Ghana	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	19,327	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	19,792	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	20,280	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	20,806	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	21,350	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	21,900	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	22,469	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	23,058	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	23,661	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	24,270	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	24,899	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	25,559	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	26,244	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	26,945	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	27,664	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	28,405	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	29,146	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	29,879	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	30,617	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	31,362	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	32,111	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	32,864	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	33,622	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	34,280	2,748

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.