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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	Namibia	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	1,841	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	1,893	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	1,945	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	1,981	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	2,008	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	2,034	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	2,060	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	2,086	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	2,113	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	2,141	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	2,170	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	2,201	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	2,232	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	2,268	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	2,312	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	2,360	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	2,408	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	2,456	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	2,505	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	2,554	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	2,602	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	2,651	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	2,700	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	2,739	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 Namibia, Congo - Kinshasa, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.