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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 ParaguayMaltaCongo - Kinshasa
5,36638751,181
5,47339052,782
5,57939354,453
5,68339656,170
5,78639857,860
5,88640159,599
5,98440461,474
6,08040563,479
6,17340665,590
6,26440967,800
6,35241270,114
6,43841472,550
6,52241675,138
6,60542077,792
6,68842680,534
6,76943583,368
6,85044586,229
6,93045589,193
7,01246892,209
7,09548595,232
7,17950498,320
7,263516101,499
7,348518104,767
7,432530108,171

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