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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 Puerto RicoOmanCongo - Kinshasa
3,8002,34851,181
3,8112,40352,782
3,8192,45754,453
3,8242,51056,170
3,8262,56257,860
3,8272,61359,599
3,8222,66361,474
3,8052,71363,479
3,7832,76465,590
3,7612,81667,800
3,7412,87170,114
3,7222,92872,550
3,6792,98675,138
3,6363,04777,792
3,5893,11080,534
3,5343,17483,368
3,4733,24086,229
3,4113,30789,193
3,3523,37592,209
3,2953,44495,232
3,2683,51298,320
3,2473,582101,499
3,2323,651104,767
3,2283,696108,171

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 Puerto Rico, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.