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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cuba	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	108,171	7,432

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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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.