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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	3,811	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	3,901	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	3,919	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	3,923	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	3,940	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	3,975	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	3,991	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	3,993	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	3,990	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	3,987	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	3,985	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	3,983	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	3,980	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	3,977	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	3,973	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	3,968	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	3,963	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	3,957	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	3,951	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	3,944	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	3,937	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	3,929	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	3,921	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	3,876	34,280

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.

All data sources

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Ghana

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.