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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	21,889	108,171

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