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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Lithuania	Congo - Kinshasa	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	3,419	51,181	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	3,395	52,782	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	3,367	54,453	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	3,340	56,170	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	3,313	57,860	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	3,276	59,599	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	3,223	61,474	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	3,172	63,479	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	3,134	65,590	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	3,102	67,800	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	3,068	70,114	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	3,004	72,550	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	2,937	75,138	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	2,898	77,792	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	2,869	80,534	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	2,844	83,368	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	2,818	86,229	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	2,782	89,193	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	2,744	92,209	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	2,718	95,232	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	2,710	98,320	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	2,711	101,499	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	2,724	104,767	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	2,748	108,171	5,216

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.