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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 - KinshasaParaguayBahrain
51,1815,366633
52,7825,473648
54,4535,579665
56,1705,683707
57,8605,786773
59,5995,886839
61,4745,984907
63,4796,080974
65,5906,1731,043
67,8006,2641,096
70,1146,3521,133
72,5506,4381,168
75,1386,5221,202
77,7926,6051,236
80,5346,6881,268
83,3686,7691,301
86,2296,8501,333
89,1936,9301,365
92,2097,0121,396
95,2327,0951,428
98,3207,1791,459
101,4997,2631,489
104,7677,3481,511
108,1717,4321,521

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