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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 LiberiaAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
2,7413,08551,181
2,8473,06552,782
2,9173,04754,453
2,9783,03856,170
2,9833,02657,860
3,0053,01459,599
3,1382,99861,474
3,3112,97963,479
3,4692,95765,590
3,6032,93467,800
3,7082,91570,114
3,8172,90072,550
3,9842,89275,138
4,1412,88877,792
4,2442,88280,534
4,3482,87683,368
4,4602,86886,229
4,5762,86389,193
4,6892,86192,209
4,8102,85495,232
4,9042,84298,320
5,0052,825101,499
5,1092,799104,767
5,2162,787108,171

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