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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Macedonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	51,181	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	52,782	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	54,453	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	56,170	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	57,860	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	59,599	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	61,474	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	63,479	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	65,590	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	67,800	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	70,114	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	72,550	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	75,138	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	77,792	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,534	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	83,368	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	86,229	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	89,193	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	92,209	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	95,232	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	98,320	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	101,499	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	104,767	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.