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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 - KinshasaOmanHong Kong SAR China
51,1812,3486,587
52,7822,4036,646
54,4532,4576,695
56,1702,5106,725
57,8602,5626,712
59,5992,6136,765
61,4742,6636,794
63,4792,7136,838
65,5902,7646,897
67,8002,8166,938
70,1142,8716,953
72,5502,9287,004
75,1382,9867,052
77,7923,0477,130
80,5343,1107,159
83,3683,1747,209
86,2293,2407,271
89,1933,3077,316
92,2093,3757,372
95,2323,4447,432
98,3203,5127,487
101,4993,5827,460
104,7673,6517,392
108,1713,6967,387

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, Oman, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.