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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 - KinshasaNepal
2,34851,18123,087
2,40352,78223,487
2,45754,45323,887
2,51056,17024,273
2,56257,86024,645
2,61359,59924,989
2,66361,47425,255
2,71363,47925,484
2,76465,59025,732
2,81667,80025,998
2,87170,11426,298
2,92872,55026,664
2,98675,13827,081
3,04777,79227,505
3,11080,53427,917
3,17483,36828,311
3,24086,22928,678
3,30789,19329,034
3,37592,20929,384
3,44495,23229,718
3,51298,32030,057
3,582101,49930,595
3,651104,76731,311
3,696108,17131,845

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, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.