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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 - KinshasaSierra LeoneParaguay
51,1813,7365,366
52,7823,8095,473
54,4534,0435,579
56,1704,2875,683
57,8604,4665,786
59,5994,6025,886
61,4744,7085,984
63,4794,8186,080
65,5904,9186,173
67,8005,0236,264
70,1145,1326,352
72,5505,2466,438
75,1385,3646,522
77,7925,4866,605
80,5345,6136,688
83,3685,7446,769
86,2295,8796,850
89,1936,0196,930
92,2096,1637,012
95,2326,3127,095
98,3206,4617,179
101,4996,6117,263
104,7676,7617,348
108,1716,9107,432

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, Sierra Leone, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.