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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 EthiopiaCongo - KinshasaOman
63,57551,1812,348
65,21352,7822,403
66,88954,4532,457
68,64956,1702,510
70,49157,8602,562
72,38959,5992,613
74,32761,4742,663
76,32663,4792,713
78,41165,5902,764
80,56467,8002,816
82,78770,1142,871
85,09672,5502,928
87,53075,1382,986
90,06677,7923,047
92,63280,5343,110
95,33783,3683,174
98,11486,2293,240
100,85889,1933,307
103,65492,2093,375
106,46695,2323,444
109,26798,3203,512
112,100101,4993,582
114,964104,7673,651
117,924108,1713,696

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

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