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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Paraguay	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	5,366	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	5,473	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	5,579	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	5,683	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	5,786	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	5,886	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	5,984	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	6,080	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	6,173	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	6,264	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	6,352	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	6,438	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	6,522	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	6,605	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	6,688	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	6,769	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	6,850	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	6,930	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	7,012	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	7,095	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	7,179	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	7,263	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	7,348	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	7,432	108,171

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