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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ParaguayCongo - KinshasaSwitzerland
5,36651,1817,258
5,47352,7827,296
5,57954,4537,332
5,68356,1707,384
5,78657,8607,438
5,88659,5997,488
5,98461,4747,532
6,08063,4797,579
6,17365,5907,647
6,26467,8007,738
6,35270,1147,825
6,43872,5507,884
6,52275,1387,959
6,60577,7928,044
6,68880,5348,137
6,76983,3688,237
6,85086,2298,332
6,93089,1938,423
7,01292,2098,502
7,09595,2328,565
7,17998,3208,626
7,263101,4998,689
7,348104,7678,756
7,432108,1718,834

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

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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