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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 - KinshasaQatarOman
51,1816272,348
52,7826592,403
54,4536912,457
56,1707242,510
57,8607572,562
59,5998502,613
61,4741,0012,663
63,4791,1532,713
65,5901,3062,764
67,8001,4602,816
70,1141,6152,871
72,5501,7702,928
75,1381,9042,986
77,7922,0103,047
80,5342,1033,110
83,3682,1873,174
86,2292,2613,240
89,1932,3263,307
92,2092,3843,375
95,2322,4353,444
98,3202,4803,512
101,4992,5193,582
104,7672,5533,651
108,1712,5593,696

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