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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaLibyaOman
51,1814,9932,348
52,7825,1162,403
54,4535,2372,457
56,1705,3572,510
57,8605,4762,562
59,5995,5952,613
61,4745,7152,663
63,4795,8352,713
65,5905,9672,764
67,8006,1152,816
70,1146,2702,871
72,5506,4322,928
75,1386,1442,986
77,7925,8493,047
80,5346,0103,110
83,3686,1633,174
86,2296,2913,240
89,1936,4153,307
92,2096,5493,375
95,2326,6893,444
98,3206,8263,512
101,4996,9603,582
104,7677,0883,651
108,1717,1693,696

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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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, Libya, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.