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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 OmanCape VerdeCongo - Kinshasa
2,34842251,181
2,40343052,782
2,45743854,453
2,51044756,170
2,56245557,860
2,61346359,599
2,66347161,474
2,71347863,479
2,76448665,590
2,81649467,800
2,87150170,114
2,92850972,550
2,98651675,138
3,04752477,792
3,11053180,534
3,17453983,368
3,24054686,229
3,30755389,193
3,37556292,209
3,44456895,232
3,51257498,320
3,582580101,499
3,651585104,767
3,696590108,171

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