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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Congo - Kinshasa	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	51,181	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	52,782	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	54,453	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	56,170	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	57,860	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	59,599	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	61,474	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	63,479	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	65,590	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	67,800	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	70,114	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	72,550	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	75,138	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	77,792	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	80,534	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	83,368	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	86,229	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	89,193	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	92,209	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	95,232	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	98,320	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	101,499	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	104,767	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	108,171	31,845

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