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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 BoliviaCongo - KinshasaParaguay
8,00751,1815,366
8,17752,7825,473
8,35154,4535,579
8,52956,1705,683
8,71157,8605,786
8,89559,5995,886
9,08161,4745,984
9,26863,4796,080
9,45765,5906,173
9,64767,8006,264
9,83670,1146,352
10,02472,5506,438
10,21175,1386,522
10,39777,7926,605
10,58180,5346,688
10,76383,3686,769
10,94286,2296,850
11,11889,1936,930
11,28992,2097,012
11,45695,2327,095
11,62198,3207,179
11,775101,4997,263
11,917104,7677,348
12,060108,1717,432

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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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Bolivia

  • 1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.