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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Congo - Kinshasa	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	51,181	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	52,782	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	54,453	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	56,170	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	57,860	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	59,599	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	61,474	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	63,479	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	65,590	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	67,800	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	70,114	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	72,550	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	75,138	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	77,792	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	80,534	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	83,368	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	86,229	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	89,193	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	92,209	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	95,232	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	98,320	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	101,499	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	104,767	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.