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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 São Tomé & PríncipeCongo - KinshasaParaguay
13851,1815,366
14152,7825,473
14454,4535,579
14756,1705,683
15157,8605,786
15459,5995,886
15861,4745,984
16163,4796,080
16565,5906,173
16867,8006,264
17270,1146,352
17672,5506,438
18075,1386,522
18377,7926,605
18780,5346,688
19083,3686,769
19486,2296,850
19889,1936,930
20192,2097,012
20495,2327,095
20898,3207,179
212101,4997,263
216104,7677,348
220108,1717,432

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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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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Congo - Kinshasa, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.