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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	5,216

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