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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 - KinshasaTanzania
5,36651,18132,912
5,47352,78233,953
5,57954,45334,974
5,68356,17036,021
5,78657,86037,100
5,88659,59938,167
5,98461,47439,262
6,08063,47940,387
6,17365,59041,557
6,26467,80042,741
6,35270,11443,889
6,43872,55045,132
6,52275,13846,531
6,60577,79247,965
6,68880,53449,437
6,76983,36850,965
6,85086,22952,604
6,93089,19354,336
7,01292,20956,062
7,09595,23257,765
7,17998,32059,465
7,263101,49961,191
7,348104,76762,944
7,432108,17164,835

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