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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	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	223,735

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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