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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 Congo - KinshasaBoliviaParaguay
51,1818,0075,366
52,7828,1775,473
54,4538,3515,579
56,1708,5295,683
57,8608,7115,786
59,5998,8955,886
61,4749,0815,984
63,4799,2686,080
65,5909,4576,173
67,8009,6476,264
70,1149,8366,352
72,55010,0246,438
75,13810,2116,522
77,79210,3976,605
80,53410,5816,688
83,36810,7636,769
86,22910,9426,850
89,19311,1186,930
92,20911,2897,012
95,23211,4567,095
98,32011,6217,179
101,49911,7757,263
104,76711,9177,348
108,17112,0607,432

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.