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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Norway	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	4,463	51,181	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	4,492	52,782	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	4,515	54,453	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	4,539	56,170	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	4,566	57,860	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	4,593	59,599	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	4,624	61,474	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	4,662	63,479	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	4,710	65,590	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	4,769	67,800	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	4,830	70,114	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	4,890	72,550	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	4,954	75,138	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	5,020	77,792	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	5,081	80,534	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	5,138	83,368	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	5,191	86,229	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	5,237	89,193	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	5,278	92,209	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	5,313	95,232	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	5,349	98,320	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	5,380	101,499	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	5,409	104,767	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	5,458	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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.