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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	5,286	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	5,397	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	5,499	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	5,578	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	5,654	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	5,746	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	5,836	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	5,931	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	6,035	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	6,145	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	6,257	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	6,368	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	6,477	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	6,586	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	6,695	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	6,804	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	6,912	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	7,019	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	7,127	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	7,234	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	7,343	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	7,452	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	7,560	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	7,666	108,171

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 Laos, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.