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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Paraguay	Brazil	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	174,320	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	176,902	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	179,389	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	181,721	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	183,970	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	186,165	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	188,330	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	190,438	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	192,450	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	194,458	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	196,464	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	198,408	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	200,152	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	201,894	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	203,614	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	205,358	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	207,148	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	208,859	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	210,537	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	212,258	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	213,940	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	215,577	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	216,720	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	217,718	108,171

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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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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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