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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 - KinshasaGambiaParaguay
51,1811,3205,366
52,7821,3575,473
54,4531,3935,579
56,1701,4315,683
57,8601,4695,786
59,5991,5085,886
61,4741,5485,984
63,4791,5896,080
65,5901,6306,173
67,8001,6716,264
70,1141,7136,352
72,5501,7556,438
75,1381,7986,522
77,7921,8406,605
80,5341,8836,688
83,3681,9266,769
86,2291,9686,850
89,1932,0106,930
92,2092,0517,012
95,2322,0937,095
98,3202,1477,179
101,4992,2037,263
104,7672,2607,348
108,1712,3167,432

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, Gambia, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.