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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 & HerzegovinaSouth Africa
5,3663,81146,257
5,4733,90146,958
5,5793,91947,820
5,6833,92348,480
5,7863,94048,951
5,8863,97549,478
5,9843,99150,054
6,0803,99350,667
6,1733,99051,339
6,2643,98752,077
6,3523,98552,862
6,4383,98353,682
6,5223,98054,518
6,6053,97755,356
6,6883,97356,215
6,7693,96857,075
6,8503,96357,947
6,9303,95758,830
7,0123,95159,715
7,0953,94460,595
7,1793,93761,469
7,2633,92962,355
7,3483,92162,900
7,4323,87663,382

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

South Africa

  • 1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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