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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	Costa Rica	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	3,785	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	3,867	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	3,951	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	4,021	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	4,079	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	4,145	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	4,212	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	4,278	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	4,338	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	4,400	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	4,467	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	4,544	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	4,587	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	4,648	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	4,707	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	4,768	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	4,827	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	4,885	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	4,942	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	4,998	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	5,052	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	5,105	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	5,158	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	5,185	108,171

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, Costa Rica, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.