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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	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 Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.