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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ParaguayBosnia & HerzegovinaNorway
5,3663,8114,463
5,4733,9014,492
5,5793,9194,515
5,6833,9234,539
5,7863,9404,566
5,8863,9754,593
5,9843,9914,624
6,0803,9934,662
6,1733,9904,710
6,2643,9874,769
6,3523,9854,830
6,4383,9834,890
6,5223,9804,954
6,6053,9775,020
6,6883,9735,081
6,7693,9685,138
6,8503,9635,191
6,9303,9575,237
7,0123,9515,278
7,0953,9445,313
7,1793,9375,349
7,2633,9295,380
7,3483,9215,409
7,4323,8765,458

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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