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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 - KinshasaParaguayGambia
51,1815,3661,320
52,7825,4731,357
54,4535,5791,393
56,1705,6831,431
57,8605,7861,469
59,5995,8861,508
61,4745,9841,548
63,4796,0801,589
65,5906,1731,630
67,8006,2641,671
70,1146,3521,713
72,5506,4381,755
75,1386,5221,798
77,7926,6051,840
80,5346,6881,883
83,3686,7691,926
86,2296,8501,968
89,1936,9302,010
92,2097,0122,051
95,2327,0952,093
98,3207,1792,147
101,4997,2632,203
104,7677,3482,260
108,1717,4322,316

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