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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 - KinshasaParaguayBurundi
51,1815,3666,128
52,7825,4736,282
54,4535,5796,466
56,1705,6836,670
57,8605,7866,897
59,5995,8867,167
61,4745,9847,439
63,4796,0807,709
65,5906,1737,991
67,8006,2648,318
70,1146,3528,741
72,5506,4389,140
75,1386,5229,440
77,7926,6059,748
80,5346,68810,069
83,3686,76910,380
86,2296,85010,577
89,1936,93010,721
92,2097,01210,955
95,2327,09511,229
98,3207,17911,602
101,4997,26311,987
104,7677,34812,384
108,1717,43212,795

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, Burundi; the database as a whole is cited above.