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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.