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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	India	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	1,000,965	51,181	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	1,018,667	52,782	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	1,036,256	54,453	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	1,053,663	56,170	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	1,070,882	57,860	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	1,087,941	59,599	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	1,104,803	61,474	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	1,121,354	63,479	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	1,137,576	65,590	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	1,153,547	67,800	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	1,169,239	70,114	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	1,184,638	72,550	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	1,199,810	75,138	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	1,214,839	77,792	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	1,229,765	80,534	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	1,244,577	83,368	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	1,259,236	86,229	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	1,273,693	89,193	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	1,287,902	92,209	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	1,301,821	95,232	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	1,315,530	98,320	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	1,329,062	101,499	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	1,339,912	104,767	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	1,349,060	108,171	3,696

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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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