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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 ParaguayQatarCongo - Brazzaville
5,3666272,886
5,4736592,999
5,5796913,113
5,6837243,181
5,7867573,274
5,8868503,400
5,9841,0013,543
6,0801,1533,702
6,1731,3063,859
6,2641,4603,989
6,3521,6154,146
6,4381,7704,324
6,5221,9044,468
6,6052,0104,581
6,6882,1034,667
6,7692,1874,757
6,8502,2614,851
6,9302,3264,951
7,0122,3845,055
7,0952,4355,164
7,1792,4805,279
7,2632,5195,400
7,3482,5535,527
7,4322,5595,655

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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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, Qatar, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.