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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 - KinshasaVenezuelaOman
51,18123,1882,348
52,78223,6012,403
54,45324,0112,457
56,17024,4252,510
57,86024,8412,562
59,59925,2552,613
61,47425,6672,663
63,47926,0792,713
65,59026,5892,764
67,80027,0982,816
70,11427,5102,871
72,55027,9202,928
75,13828,3272,986
77,79228,7223,047
80,53429,1113,110
83,36829,4183,174
86,22929,6933,240
89,19329,9613,307
92,20929,8563,375
95,23228,8583,444
98,32027,9213,512
101,49927,8713,582
104,76728,3163,651
108,17128,4183,696

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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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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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