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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 LesothoOmanCongo - Kinshasa
1,9082,34851,181
1,9162,40352,782
1,9222,45754,453
1,9262,51056,170
1,9262,56257,860
1,9252,61359,599
1,9222,66361,474
1,9192,71363,479
1,9172,76465,590
1,9152,81667,800
1,9162,87170,114
1,9202,92872,550
1,9252,98675,138
1,9303,04777,792
1,9363,11080,534
1,9423,17483,368
1,9483,24086,229
1,9533,30789,193
1,9583,37592,209
1,9623,44495,232
1,9873,51298,320
2,0133,582101,499
2,0373,651104,767
2,0593,696108,171

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