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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	Madagascar	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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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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 Madagascar, Congo - Kinshasa, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.