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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 - KinshasaSierra LeoneOman
51,1813,7362,348
52,7823,8092,403
54,4534,0432,457
56,1704,2872,510
57,8604,4662,562
59,5994,6022,613
61,4744,7082,663
63,4794,8182,713
65,5904,9182,764
67,8005,0232,816
70,1145,1322,871
72,5505,2462,928
75,1385,3642,986
77,7925,4863,047
80,5345,6133,110
83,3685,7443,174
86,2295,8793,240
89,1936,0193,307
92,2096,1633,375
95,2326,3123,444
98,3206,4613,512
101,4996,6113,582
104,7676,7613,651
108,1716,9103,696

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