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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 - KinshasaParaguay
51,1815,366
52,7825,473
54,4535,579
56,1705,683
57,8605,786
59,5995,886
61,4745,984
63,4796,080
65,5906,173
67,8006,264
70,1146,352
72,5506,438
75,1386,522
77,7926,605
80,5346,688
83,3686,769
86,2296,850
89,1936,930
92,2097,012
95,2327,095
98,3207,179
101,4997,263
104,7677,348
108,1717,432

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

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