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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	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	83,811

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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