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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 - KinshasaKenyaParaguay
51,18130,1925,366
52,78231,0255,473
54,45331,9195,579
56,17032,8655,683
57,86033,8465,786
59,59934,8805,886
61,47435,9615,984
63,47937,0936,080
65,59038,2486,173
67,80039,4416,264
70,11440,6686,352
72,55041,9006,438
75,13843,1986,522
77,79244,4706,605
80,53445,6396,688
83,36846,8086,769
86,22947,9836,850
89,19349,0956,930
92,20950,2017,012
95,23251,3577,095
98,32052,5227,179
101,49953,6917,263
104,76754,8677,348
108,17155,9247,432

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

Kenya

  • 1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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