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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date United KingdomCongo - KinshasaOman
58,94651,1812,348
59,14952,7822,403
59,37754,4532,457
59,63156,1702,510
59,90357,8602,562
60,21759,5992,613
60,68261,4742,663
61,09863,4792,713
61,59365,5902,764
62,10067,8002,816
62,53970,1142,871
63,04072,5502,928
63,56775,1382,986
63,98977,7923,047
64,39280,5343,110
64,88583,3683,174
65,40086,2293,240
65,94189,1933,307
66,33592,2093,375
66,73295,2323,444
67,09598,3203,512
67,380101,4993,582
67,651104,7673,651
68,093108,1713,696

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

United Kingdom

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • 1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • 1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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