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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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