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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 - KinshasaParaguayCentral African Republic
51,1815,3663,889
52,7825,4733,980
54,4535,5794,054
56,1705,6834,128
57,8605,7864,215
59,5995,8864,289
61,4745,9844,363
63,4796,0804,449
65,5906,1734,544
67,8006,2644,641
70,1146,3524,742
72,5506,4384,845
75,1386,5224,950
77,7926,6055,057
80,5346,6885,167
83,3686,7695,278
86,2296,8505,392
89,1936,9305,507
92,2097,0125,625
95,2327,0955,745
98,3207,1795,874
101,4997,2636,025
104,7677,3486,154
108,1717,4326,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.