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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Congo - Kinshasa	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	51,181	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	52,782	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	54,453	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	56,170	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	57,860	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	59,599	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	61,474	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	63,479	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	65,590	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	67,800	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	70,114	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	72,550	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	75,138	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	77,792	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	80,534	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	83,368	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	86,229	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	89,193	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	92,209	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	95,232	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	98,320	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	101,499	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	104,767	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	108,171	37,101

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