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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Lesotho	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	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

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