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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 NicaraguaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
4,7782,34851,181
4,8662,40352,782
4,9522,45754,453
5,0362,51056,170
5,1162,56257,860
5,1932,61359,599
5,2672,66361,474
5,3382,71363,479
5,4082,76465,590
5,4762,81667,800
5,5412,87170,114
5,6042,92872,550
5,6662,98675,138
5,7283,04777,792
5,7893,11080,534
5,8493,17483,368
5,9083,24086,229
5,9673,30789,193
6,0263,37592,209
6,0853,44495,232
6,1703,51298,320
6,2553,582101,499
6,3433,651104,767
6,4333,696108,171

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