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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	Singapore	Paraguay	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,959	5,366	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	4,028	5,473	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,138	5,579	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,176	5,683	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	4,115	5,786	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	4,167	5,886	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	4,266	5,984	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	4,401	6,080	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	4,589	6,173	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	4,839	6,264	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	4,988	6,352	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	5,077	6,438	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	5,184	6,522	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,312	6,605	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,399	6,688	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,470	6,769	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,535	6,850	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,607	6,930	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,612	7,012	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,639	7,095	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,704	7,179	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,686	7,263	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,716	7,348	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,750	7,432	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.

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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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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