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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Liberia	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,741	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,847	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,917	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,978	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,983	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,005	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,138	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,311	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,469	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,603	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,708	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,817	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,984	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,141	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,244	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	4,348	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	4,460	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	4,576	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	4,689	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	4,810	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	4,904	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,005	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,109	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,216	10,099

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