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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 ParaguayLiberiaBosnia & Herzegovina
5,3662,7413,811
5,4732,8473,901
5,5792,9173,919
5,6832,9783,923
5,7862,9833,940
5,8863,0053,975
5,9843,1383,991
6,0803,3113,993
6,1733,4693,990
6,2643,6033,987
6,3523,7083,985
6,4383,8173,983
6,5223,9843,980
6,6054,1413,977
6,6884,2443,973
6,7694,3483,968
6,8504,4603,963
6,9304,5763,957
7,0124,6893,951
7,0954,8103,944
7,1794,9043,937
7,2635,0053,929
7,3485,1093,921
7,4325,2163,876

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

Liberia

  • 1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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