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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 - KinshasaLaosParaguay
51,1815,2865,366
52,7825,3975,473
54,4535,4995,579
56,1705,5785,683
57,8605,6545,786
59,5995,7465,886
61,4745,8365,984
63,4795,9316,080
65,5906,0356,173
67,8006,1456,264
70,1146,2576,352
72,5506,3686,438
75,1386,4776,522
77,7926,5866,605
80,5346,6956,688
83,3686,8046,769
86,2296,9126,850
89,1937,0196,930
92,2097,1277,012
95,2327,2347,095
98,3207,3437,179
101,4997,4527,263
104,7677,5607,348
108,1717,6667,432

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