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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 Central African RepublicParaguayCongo - Kinshasa
3,8895,36651,181
3,9805,47352,782
4,0545,57954,453
4,1285,68356,170
4,2155,78657,860
4,2895,88659,599
4,3635,98461,474
4,4496,08063,479
4,5446,17365,590
4,6416,26467,800
4,7426,35270,114
4,8456,43872,550
4,9506,52275,138
5,0576,60577,792
5,1676,68880,534
5,2786,76983,368
5,3926,85086,229
5,5076,93089,193
5,6257,01292,209
5,7457,09595,232
5,8747,17998,320
6,0257,263101,499
6,1547,348104,767
6,2917,432108,171

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 Central African Republic, Paraguay, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.