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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 ParaguayBarbadosCongo - Kinshasa
5,36627351,181
5,47327452,782
5,57927554,453
5,68327656,170
5,78627857,860
5,88627959,599
5,98428061,474
6,08028163,479
6,17328265,590
6,26428367,800
6,35228570,114
6,43828672,550
6,52228775,138
6,60528877,792
6,68828980,534
6,76929083,368
6,85029186,229
6,93029189,193
7,01229292,209
7,09529395,232
7,17929498,320
7,263294101,499
7,348295104,767
7,432295108,171

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, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.