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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 - KinshasaSudan
5,36651,18126,168
5,47352,78226,771
5,57954,45327,387
5,68356,17028,017
5,78657,86028,662
5,88659,59929,321
5,98461,47429,996
6,08063,47930,686
6,17365,59031,393
6,26467,80032,137
6,35270,11433,078
6,43872,55033,891
6,52275,13834,568
6,60577,79235,293
6,68880,53436,093
6,76983,36837,058
6,85086,22938,165
6,93089,19339,294
7,01292,20940,512
7,09595,23241,764
7,17998,32042,952
7,263101,49944,121
7,348104,76745,290
7,432108,17146,498

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