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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 OmanCongo - KinshasaDenmark
2,34851,1815,322
2,40352,7825,339
2,45754,4535,358
2,51056,1705,377
2,56257,8605,391
2,61359,5995,404
2,66361,4745,420
2,71363,4795,438
2,76465,5905,461
2,81667,8005,494
2,87170,1145,524
2,92872,5505,548
2,98675,1385,571
3,04777,7925,592
3,11080,5345,614
3,17483,3685,644
3,24086,2295,683
3,30789,1935,730
3,37592,2095,766
3,44495,2325,795
3,51298,3205,818
3,582101,4995,831
3,651104,7675,855
3,696108,1715,907

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