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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 ParaguaySpainCongo - Kinshasa
5,36640,37851,181
5,47340,56352,782
5,57940,77554,453
5,68341,43356,170
5,78642,20557,860
5,88642,86959,599
5,98443,67261,474
6,08044,37063,479
6,17345,24665,590
6,26445,99367,800
6,35246,37870,114
6,43846,57372,550
6,52246,74675,138
6,60546,77777,792
6,68846,60380,534
6,76946,46583,368
6,85046,42086,229
6,93046,46089,193
7,01246,54392,209
7,09546,73995,232
7,17947,11698,320
7,26347,366101,499
7,34847,342104,767
7,43247,625108,171

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

Spain

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
  • 1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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