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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	Qatar	Congo - Kinshasa	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	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 Qatar, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.