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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 - KinshasaSyria
5,36651,18115,930
5,47352,78216,329
5,57954,45316,730
5,68356,17017,132
5,78657,86017,534
5,88659,59917,942
5,98461,47418,423
6,08063,47919,252
6,17365,59020,493
6,26467,80021,221
6,35270,11421,542
6,43872,55022,050
6,52275,13822,458
6,60577,79222,258
6,68880,53420,901
6,76983,36819,318
6,85086,22918,272
6,93089,19317,669
7,01292,20917,327
7,09595,23217,601
7,17998,32018,440
7,263101,49919,241
7,348104,76720,226
7,432108,17120,985

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

Syria

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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