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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 - KinshasaOmanQatar
51,1812,348627
52,7822,403659
54,4532,457691
56,1702,510724
57,8602,562757
59,5992,613850
61,4742,6631,001
63,4792,7131,153
65,5902,7641,306
67,8002,8161,460
70,1142,8711,615
72,5502,9281,770
75,1382,9861,904
77,7923,0472,010
80,5343,1102,103
83,3683,1742,187
86,2293,2402,261
89,1933,3072,326
92,2093,3752,384
95,2323,4442,435
98,3203,5122,480
101,4993,5822,519
104,7673,6512,553
108,1713,6962,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.