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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 EthiopiaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
63,5752,34851,181
65,2132,40352,782
66,8892,45754,453
68,6492,51056,170
70,4912,56257,860
72,3892,61359,599
74,3272,66361,474
76,3262,71363,479
78,4112,76465,590
80,5642,81667,800
82,7872,87170,114
85,0962,92872,550
87,5302,98675,138
90,0663,04777,792
92,6323,11080,534
95,3373,17483,368
98,1143,24086,229
100,8583,30789,193
103,6543,37592,209
106,4663,44495,232
109,2673,51298,320
112,1003,582101,499
114,9643,651104,767
117,9243,696108,171

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 Ethiopia, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.