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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 - KinshasaParaguayYemen
51,1815,36616,728
52,7825,47317,236
54,4535,57917,762
56,1705,68318,310
57,8605,78618,855
59,5995,88619,410
61,4745,98420,000
63,4796,08020,611
65,5906,17321,236
67,8006,26421,878
70,1146,35222,533
72,5506,43823,195
75,1386,52223,880
77,7926,60524,594
80,5346,68825,311
83,3686,76926,020
86,2296,85026,698
89,1936,93027,347
92,2097,01227,985
95,2327,09528,608
98,3207,17929,216
101,4997,26329,811
104,7677,34830,399
108,1717,43231,058

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