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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	22,206	138
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	22,461	141
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	22,507	144
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	23,600	147
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	25,005	151
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	25,698	154
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	26,335	158
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	27,154	161
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	27,387	165
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	27,706	168
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	28,484	172
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	29,121	176
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	29,758	180
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	30,420	183
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	31,108	187
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	31,823	190
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	32,564	194
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	33,332	198
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	34,125	201
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	34,941	204
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	35,972	208
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	37,034	212
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	38,127	216
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	39,252	220

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

No separate list is published for Paraguay, Afghanistan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.