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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Malaysia	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,132	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,695	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	23,291	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	23,874	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	24,437	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	24,993	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	25,543	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	26,086	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	26,620	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	27,161	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	27,715	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	28,268	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	28,750	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	29,163	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	29,568	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	29,977	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	30,387	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	30,782	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	31,164	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	31,539	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	31,903	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	32,257	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	32,603	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	32,956	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.

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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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