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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.