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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 MauritaniaCongo - KinshasaOman
2,43751,1812,348
2,50152,7822,403
2,56654,4532,457
2,63256,1702,510
2,69957,8602,562
2,76859,5992,613
2,83861,4742,663
2,90963,4792,713
2,98165,5902,764
3,05567,8002,816
3,12970,1142,871
3,20572,5502,928
3,28275,1382,986
3,35977,7923,047
3,43880,5343,110
3,51783,3683,174
3,59786,2293,240
3,67789,1933,307
3,75992,2093,375
3,84095,2323,444
3,94298,3203,512
4,045101,4993,582
4,150104,7673,651
4,259108,1713,696

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