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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 - KinshasaParaguayKenya
51,1815,36630,192
52,7825,47331,025
54,4535,57931,919
56,1705,68332,865
57,8605,78633,846
59,5995,88634,880
61,4745,98435,961
63,4796,08037,093
65,5906,17338,248
67,8006,26439,441
70,1146,35240,668
72,5506,43841,900
75,1386,52243,198
77,7926,60544,470
80,5346,68845,639
83,3686,76946,808
86,2296,85047,983
89,1936,93049,095
92,2097,01250,201
95,2327,09551,357
98,3207,17952,522
101,4997,26353,691
104,7677,34854,867
108,1717,43255,924

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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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Kenya

  • 1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.