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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Liberia	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,741	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,847	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,917	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,978	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,983	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,005	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,138	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,311	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,469	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,603	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,708	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,817	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,984	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,141	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,244	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	4,348	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	4,460	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	4,576	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	4,689	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	4,810	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	4,904	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,005	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,109	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,216	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.