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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Congo - Kinshasa	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	51,181	531
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	52,782	545
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	54,453	559
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	56,170	574
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	57,860	590
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	59,599	606
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	61,474	623
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	63,479	640
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	65,590	657
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	67,800	674
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	70,114	690
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	72,550	706
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	75,138	722
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	77,792	737
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	80,534	752
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	83,368	767
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	86,229	781
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	89,193	795
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	92,209	808
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	95,232	821
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	98,320	837
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	101,499	853
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	104,767	869
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	108,171	885

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, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.