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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Lesotho	Liberia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	2,741	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	2,847	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	2,917	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	2,978	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	2,983	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	3,005	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	3,138	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	3,311	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	3,469	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	3,603	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	3,708	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	3,817	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	3,984	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	4,141	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	4,244	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	4,348	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	4,460	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	4,576	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	4,689	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	4,810	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	4,904	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	5,005	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	5,109	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	5,216	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 Lesotho, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.