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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 MaliCongo - KinshasaParaguay
10,59651,1815,366
10,83352,7825,473
10,89054,4535,579
11,00756,1705,683
11,30757,8605,786
11,57959,5995,886
11,80461,4745,984
12,04363,4796,080
12,33765,5906,173
12,65767,8006,264
12,98670,1146,352
13,32572,5506,438
13,67975,1386,522
14,04077,7926,605
14,41280,5346,688
14,80383,3686,769
15,21086,2296,850
15,62989,1936,930
16,06092,2097,012
16,50795,2327,095
16,96798,3207,179
17,442101,4997,263
17,930104,7677,348
18,494108,1717,432

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 Mali, Congo - Kinshasa, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.