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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 El SalvadorOmanCongo - Kinshasa
5,7672,34851,181
5,8252,40352,782
5,8562,45754,453
5,8692,51056,170
5,8802,56257,860
5,8882,61359,599
5,8992,66361,474
5,9062,71363,479
5,9112,76465,590
5,9342,81667,800
5,9542,87170,114
5,9672,92872,550
5,9842,98675,138
6,0333,04777,792
6,1213,11080,534
6,1793,17483,368
6,2053,24086,229
6,2483,30789,193
6,3043,37592,209
6,3683,44495,232
6,3723,51298,320
6,3853,582101,499
6,4073,651104,767
6,4293,696108,171

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 El Salvador, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.