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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Puerto Rico	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	3,800	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	3,811	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	3,819	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	3,824	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	3,826	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	3,827	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	3,822	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	3,805	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	3,783	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	3,761	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	3,741	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	3,722	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	3,679	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	3,636	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	3,589	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	3,534	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	3,473	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	3,411	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	3,352	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	3,295	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	3,268	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	3,247	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	3,232	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	3,228	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 Puerto Rico, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.