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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	Paraguay	Afghanistan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	22,206	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	22,461	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	22,507	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	23,600	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	25,005	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	25,698	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	26,335	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	27,154	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	27,387	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	27,706	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	28,484	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	29,121	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	29,758	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	30,420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	31,108	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	31,823	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	32,564	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	33,332	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	34,125	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	34,941	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	35,972	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	37,034	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	38,127	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	39,252	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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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 Paraguay, Afghanistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.