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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	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	13,439

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, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.