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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 Sierra LeoneCongo - KinshasaOman
3,73651,1812,348
3,80952,7822,403
4,04354,4532,457
4,28756,1702,510
4,46657,8602,562
4,60259,5992,613
4,70861,4742,663
4,81863,4792,713
4,91865,5902,764
5,02367,8002,816
5,13270,1142,871
5,24672,5502,928
5,36475,1382,986
5,48677,7923,047
5,61380,5343,110
5,74483,3683,174
5,87986,2293,240
6,01989,1933,307
6,16392,2093,375
6,31295,2323,444
6,46198,3203,512
6,611101,4993,582
6,761104,7673,651
6,910108,1713,696

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 Sierra Leone, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.