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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	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	11,003

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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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