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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	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	9,400

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