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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	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

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