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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Lithuania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	3,419	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	3,395	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	3,367	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	3,340	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	3,313	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	3,276	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	3,223	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	3,172	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	3,134	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	3,102	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	3,068	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	3,004	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	2,937	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	2,898	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	2,869	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	2,844	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	2,818	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	2,782	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	2,744	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	2,718	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	2,710	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	2,711	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	2,724	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	2,748	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 Lithuania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.