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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 ParaguaySudanCongo - Kinshasa
5,36626,16851,181
5,47326,77152,782
5,57927,38754,453
5,68328,01756,170
5,78628,66257,860
5,88629,32159,599
5,98429,99661,474
6,08030,68663,479
6,17331,39365,590
6,26432,13767,800
6,35233,07870,114
6,43833,89172,550
6,52234,56875,138
6,60535,29377,792
6,68836,09380,534
6,76937,05883,368
6,85038,16586,229
6,93039,29489,193
7,01240,51292,209
7,09541,76495,232
7,17942,95298,320
7,26344,121101,499
7,34845,290104,767
7,43246,498108,171

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