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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	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	21,889

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