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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 - KinshasaCentral African RepublicParaguay
51,1813,8895,366
52,7823,9805,473
54,4534,0545,579
56,1704,1285,683
57,8604,2155,786
59,5994,2895,886
61,4744,3635,984
63,4794,4496,080
65,5904,5446,173
67,8004,6416,264
70,1144,7426,352
72,5504,8456,438
75,1384,9506,522
77,7925,0576,605
80,5345,1676,688
83,3685,2786,769
86,2295,3926,850
89,1935,5076,930
92,2095,6257,012
95,2325,7457,095
98,3205,8747,179
101,4996,0257,263
104,7676,1547,348
108,1716,2917,432

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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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 Congo - Kinshasa, Central African Republic, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.