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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,366	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,473	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,579	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,683	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,786	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,886	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,984	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	6,080	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,173	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,264	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,352	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,438	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,522	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,605	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,688	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,769	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,850	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	6,930	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,012	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,095	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,179	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,263	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,348	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,432	6,720

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

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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