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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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