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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 - KinshasaParaguaySudan
51,1815,36626,168
52,7825,47326,771
54,4535,57927,387
56,1705,68328,017
57,8605,78628,662
59,5995,88629,321
61,4745,98429,996
63,4796,08030,686
65,5906,17331,393
67,8006,26432,137
70,1146,35233,078
72,5506,43833,891
75,1386,52234,568
77,7926,60535,293
80,5346,68836,093
83,3686,76937,058
86,2296,85038,165
89,1936,93039,294
92,2097,01240,512
95,2327,09541,764
98,3207,17942,952
101,4997,26344,121
104,7677,34845,290
108,1717,43246,498

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