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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 - KinshasaVenezuela
5,36651,18123,188
5,47352,78223,601
5,57954,45324,011
5,68356,17024,425
5,78657,86024,841
5,88659,59925,255
5,98461,47425,667
6,08063,47926,079
6,17365,59026,589
6,26467,80027,098
6,35270,11427,510
6,43872,55027,920
6,52275,13828,327
6,60577,79228,722
6,68880,53429,111
6,76983,36829,418
6,85086,22929,693
6,93089,19329,961
7,01292,20929,856
7,09595,23228,858
7,17998,32027,921
7,263101,49927,871
7,348104,76728,316
7,432108,17128,418

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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