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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 LibyaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
4,9932,34851,181
5,1162,40352,782
5,2372,45754,453
5,3572,51056,170
5,4762,56257,860
5,5952,61359,599
5,7152,66361,474
5,8352,71363,479
5,9672,76465,590
6,1152,81667,800
6,2702,87170,114
6,4322,92872,550
6,1442,98675,138
5,8493,04777,792
6,0103,11080,534
6,1633,17483,368
6,2913,24086,229
6,4153,30789,193
6,5493,37592,209
6,6893,44495,232
6,8263,51298,320
6,9603,582101,499
7,0883,651104,767
7,1693,696108,171

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