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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 ParaguayBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
5,36611,07551,181
5,47311,40552,782
5,57911,82854,453
5,68312,38056,170
5,78612,82957,860
5,88613,17859,599
5,98413,54061,474
6,08013,91763,479
6,17314,30965,590
6,26414,72267,800
6,35215,15270,114
6,43815,60072,550
6,52216,06475,138
6,60516,56377,792
6,68817,07280,534
6,76917,57583,368
6,85018,09486,229
6,93018,62189,193
7,01219,15792,209
7,09519,69895,232
7,17920,24298,320
7,26320,788101,499
7,34821,336104,767
7,43221,889108,171

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