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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 EstoniaLiberiaCongo - Kinshasa
1,3782,74151,181
1,4002,84752,782
1,3912,91754,453
1,3822,97856,170
1,3742,98357,860
1,3653,00559,599
1,3573,13861,474
1,3493,31163,479
1,3413,46965,590
1,3373,60367,800
1,3343,70870,114
1,3323,81772,550
1,3283,98475,138
1,3244,14177,792
1,3194,24480,534
1,3144,34883,368
1,3124,46086,229
1,3144,57689,193
1,3144,68992,209
1,3184,81095,232
1,3234,90498,320
1,3275,005101,499
1,3295,109104,767
1,3305,216108,171

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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.