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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 - KinshasaKuwaitParaguay
51,1811,9265,366
52,7821,9825,473
54,4532,0385,579
56,1702,0945,683
57,8602,1515,786
59,5992,2085,886
61,4742,2685,984
63,4792,3296,080
65,5902,3886,173
67,8002,4466,264
70,1142,5026,352
72,5502,5566,438
75,1382,6096,522
77,7922,6606,605
80,5342,7106,688
83,3682,7576,769
86,2292,8046,850
89,1932,8486,930
92,2092,8917,012
95,2322,9337,095
98,3202,9727,179
101,4993,0117,263
104,7673,0487,348
108,1713,0617,432

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