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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	3,228

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

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