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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sierra Leone	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	3,736	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	3,809	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	4,043	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	4,287	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	4,466	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	4,602	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	4,708	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	4,818	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	4,918	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	5,023	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	5,132	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	5,246	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	5,364	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	5,486	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	5,613	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	5,744	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	5,879	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	6,019	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	6,163	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	6,312	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	6,461	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	6,611	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	6,761	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	6,910	108,171	7,432

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

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