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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Oman	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,348	4,993	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,403	5,116	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,457	5,237	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,510	5,357	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,562	5,476	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	2,613	5,595	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	2,663	5,715	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	2,713	5,835	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	2,764	5,967	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	2,816	6,115	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	2,871	6,270	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	2,928	6,432	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	2,986	6,144	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	3,047	5,849	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	3,110	6,010	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	3,174	6,163	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	3,240	6,291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	3,307	6,415	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	3,375	6,549	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	3,444	6,689	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	3,512	6,826	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	3,582	6,960	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	3,651	7,088	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	3,696	7,169	108,171

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