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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	5,458

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.

All data sources

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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