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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaOmanRussia
51,1812,348147,218
52,7822,403146,600
54,4532,457145,980
56,1702,510145,310
57,8602,562144,652
59,5992,613144,071
61,4742,663143,522
63,4792,713143,053
65,5902,764142,809
67,8002,816142,746
70,1142,871142,789
72,5502,928142,853
75,1382,986142,964
77,7923,047143,205
80,5343,110143,510
83,3683,174146,094
86,2293,240146,410
89,1933,307146,678
92,2093,375146,846
95,2323,444146,834
98,3203,512146,768
101,4993,582146,463
104,7673,651145,849
108,1713,696146,693

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

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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