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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Paraguay	Congo - Kinshasa	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	39,252

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

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