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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 - KinshasaNamibiaOman
51,1811,8412,348
52,7821,8932,403
54,4531,9452,457
56,1701,9812,510
57,8602,0082,562
59,5992,0342,613
61,4742,0602,663
63,4792,0862,713
65,5902,1132,764
67,8002,1412,816
70,1142,1702,871
72,5502,2012,928
75,1382,2322,986
77,7922,2683,047
80,5342,3123,110
83,3682,3603,174
86,2292,4083,240
89,1932,4563,307
92,2092,5053,375
95,2322,5543,444
98,3202,6023,512
101,4992,6513,582
104,7672,7003,651
108,1712,7393,696

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