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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Congo - Kinshasa	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	51,181	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	52,782	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	54,453	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	56,170	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	57,860	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	59,599	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	61,474	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	63,479	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	65,590	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	67,800	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	70,114	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	72,550	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	75,138	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	77,792	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	80,534	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	83,368	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	86,229	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	89,193	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	92,209	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	95,232	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	98,320	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	101,499	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	104,767	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	108,171	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.