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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 - KinshasaParaguayKuwait
51,1815,3661,926
52,7825,4731,982
54,4535,5792,038
56,1705,6832,094
57,8605,7862,151
59,5995,8862,208
61,4745,9842,268
63,4796,0802,329
65,5906,1732,388
67,8006,2642,446
70,1146,3522,502
72,5506,4382,556
75,1386,5222,609
77,7926,6052,660
80,5346,6882,710
83,3686,7692,757
86,2296,8502,804
89,1936,9302,848
92,2097,0122,891
95,2327,0952,933
98,3207,1792,972
101,4997,2633,011
104,7677,3483,048
108,1717,4323,061

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

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