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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 - KinshasaQatar
2,34851,181627
2,40352,782659
2,45754,453691
2,51056,170724
2,56257,860757
2,61359,599850
2,66361,4741,001
2,71363,4791,153
2,76465,5901,306
2,81667,8001,460
2,87170,1141,615
2,92872,5501,770
2,98675,1381,904
3,04777,7922,010
3,11080,5342,103
3,17483,3682,187
3,24086,2292,261
3,30789,1932,326
3,37592,2092,384
3,44495,2322,435
3,51298,3202,480
3,582101,4992,519
3,651104,7672,553
3,696108,1712,559

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