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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 ParaguayYemenCongo - Kinshasa
5,36616,72851,181
5,47317,23652,782
5,57917,76254,453
5,68318,31056,170
5,78618,85557,860
5,88619,41059,599
5,98420,00061,474
6,08020,61163,479
6,17321,23665,590
6,26421,87867,800
6,35222,53370,114
6,43823,19572,550
6,52223,88075,138
6,60524,59477,792
6,68825,31180,534
6,76926,02083,368
6,85026,69886,229
6,93027,34789,193
7,01227,98592,209
7,09528,60895,232
7,17929,21698,320
7,26329,811101,499
7,34830,399104,767
7,43231,058108,171

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