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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 - KinshasaParaguayDenmark
51,1815,3665,322
52,7825,4735,339
54,4535,5795,358
56,1705,6835,377
57,8605,7865,391
59,5995,8865,404
61,4745,9845,420
63,4796,0805,438
65,5906,1735,461
67,8006,2645,494
70,1146,3525,524
72,5506,4385,548
75,1386,5225,571
77,7926,6055,592
80,5346,6885,614
83,3686,7695,644
86,2296,8505,683
89,1936,9305,730
92,2097,0125,766
95,2327,0955,795
98,3207,1795,818
101,4997,2635,831
104,7677,3485,855
108,1717,4325,907

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