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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 OmanCentral African RepublicCongo - Kinshasa
2,3483,88951,181
2,4033,98052,782
2,4574,05454,453
2,5104,12856,170
2,5624,21557,860
2,6134,28959,599
2,6634,36361,474
2,7134,44963,479
2,7644,54465,590
2,8164,64167,800
2,8714,74270,114
2,9284,84572,550
2,9864,95075,138
3,0475,05777,792
3,1105,16780,534
3,1745,27883,368
3,2405,39286,229
3,3075,50789,193
3,3755,62592,209
3,4445,74595,232
3,5125,87498,320
3,5826,025101,499
3,6516,154104,767
3,6966,291108,171

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 Oman, Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.