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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ParaguayCongo - KinshasaQatar
5,36651,181627
5,47352,782659
5,57954,453691
5,68356,170724
5,78657,860757
5,88659,599850
5,98461,4741,001
6,08063,4791,153
6,17365,5901,306
6,26467,8001,460
6,35270,1141,615
6,43872,5501,770
6,52275,1381,904
6,60577,7922,010
6,68880,5342,103
6,76983,3682,187
6,85086,2292,261
6,93089,1932,326
7,01292,2092,384
7,09595,2322,435
7,17998,3202,480
7,263101,4992,519
7,348104,7672,553
7,432108,1712,559

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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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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.