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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	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	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 Libya, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.