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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Paraguay	Congo - Kinshasa	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	108,171	31,058

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

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