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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 - KinshasaOmanLebanon
51,1812,3483,460
52,7822,4033,499
54,4532,4573,554
56,1702,5103,610
57,8602,5623,665
59,5992,6133,721
61,4742,6633,777
63,4792,7133,853
65,5902,7643,954
67,8002,8164,036
70,1142,8714,082
72,5502,9284,097
75,1382,9864,115
77,7923,0474,206
80,5343,1104,696
83,3683,1745,365
86,2293,2405,640
89,1933,3075,688
92,2093,3755,680
95,2323,4445,562
98,3203,5125,331
101,4993,5824,986
104,7673,6514,802
108,1713,6964,713

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

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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