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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	Lebanon	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	3,460	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	3,499	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	3,554	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	3,610	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	3,665	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	3,721	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	3,777	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	3,853	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	3,954	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	4,036	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	4,082	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	4,097	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	4,115	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	4,206	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	4,696	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	5,365	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	5,640	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	5,688	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	5,680	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	5,562	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	5,331	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	4,986	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	4,802	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	4,713	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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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