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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Congo - Kinshasa	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	51,181	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	52,782	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	54,453	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	56,170	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	57,860	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	59,599	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	61,474	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	63,479	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	65,590	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	67,800	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	70,114	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	72,550	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	75,138	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	77,792	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	80,534	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	83,368	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	86,229	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	89,193	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	92,209	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	95,232	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	98,320	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	101,499	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	104,767	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	108,171	117,924

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