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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	3,696

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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