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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania	Oman	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,085	2,348	422
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,065	2,403	430
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	3,047	2,457	438
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	3,038	2,510	447
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	3,026	2,562	455
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,014	2,613	463
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,998	2,663	471
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,979	2,713	478
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,957	2,764	486
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,934	2,816	494
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,915	2,871	501
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,900	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,892	2,986	516
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,888	3,047	524
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,882	3,110	531
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,876	3,174	539
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,868	3,240	546
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,863	3,307	553
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,861	3,375	562
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,854	3,444	568
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,842	3,512	574
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,825	3,582	580
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,799	3,651	585
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,787	3,696	590

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.

All data sources

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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Albania, Oman, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.