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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	51,181	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	52,782	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	54,453	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	56,170	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	57,860	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	59,599	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	61,474	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	63,479	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	65,590	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	67,800	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	70,114	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	72,550	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	75,138	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	77,792	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	80,534	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	83,368	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	86,229	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	89,193	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	92,209	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	95,232	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	98,320	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	101,499	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	104,767	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	108,171	3,696

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