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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaLiberiaAlbania
51,1812,7413,085
52,7822,8473,065
54,4532,9173,047
56,1702,9783,038
57,8602,9833,026
59,5993,0053,014
61,4743,1382,998
63,4793,3112,979
65,5903,4692,957
67,8003,6032,934
70,1143,7082,915
72,5503,8172,900
75,1383,9842,892
77,7924,1412,888
80,5344,2442,882
83,3684,3482,876
86,2294,4602,868
89,1934,5762,863
92,2094,6892,861
95,2324,8102,854
98,3204,9042,842
101,4995,0052,825
104,7675,1092,799
108,1715,2162,787

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, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.