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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 OmanCameroonCongo - Kinshasa
2,34815,48351,181
2,40315,91352,782
2,45716,35454,453
2,51016,81556,170
2,56217,28957,860
2,61317,76459,599
2,66318,24961,474
2,71318,74663,479
2,76419,27865,590
2,81619,84367,800
2,87120,41970,114
2,92821,00272,550
2,98621,58675,138
3,04722,18177,792
3,11022,80080,534
3,17423,51383,368
3,24024,27386,229
3,30724,99589,193
3,37525,68092,209
3,44426,37395,232
3,51227,11498,320
3,58227,878101,499
3,65128,663104,767
3,69629,417108,171

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