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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	108,171	530

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