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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 - KinshasaParaguayNepal
51,1815,36623,087
52,7825,47323,487
54,4535,57923,887
56,1705,68324,273
57,8605,78624,645
59,5995,88624,989
61,4745,98425,255
63,4796,08025,484
65,5906,17325,732
67,8006,26425,998
70,1146,35226,298
72,5506,43826,664
75,1386,52227,081
77,7926,60527,505
80,5346,68827,917
83,3686,76928,311
86,2296,85028,678
89,1936,93029,034
92,2097,01229,384
95,2327,09529,718
98,3207,17930,057
101,4997,26330,595
104,7677,34831,311
108,1717,43231,845

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