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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	Thailand	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	59,748	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	60,165	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	60,746	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	61,323	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	61,884	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	62,425	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	62,956	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,467	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	63,937	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	64,381	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	64,804	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	65,208	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	65,599	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	65,970	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	66,332	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	66,673	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	66,975	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	67,250	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	67,506	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	67,750	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	67,975	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	68,180	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	68,366	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	68,457	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.

All data sources

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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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