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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Jamaica	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	2,643	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	2,670	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	2,694	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	2,707	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	2,709	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	2,711	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	2,711	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	2,710	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	2,708	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	2,705	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	2,702	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	2,697	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	2,692	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	2,686	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	2,682	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	2,678	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	2,675	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	2,674	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	2,673	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	2,673	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	2,674	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	2,675	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	2,676	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	2,676	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

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

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