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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 United Arab EmiratesBangladeshCongo - Kinshasa
3,101132,90751,181
3,284135,20752,782
3,458137,42054,453
3,613139,57356,170
3,754141,65057,860
3,882143,64459,599
4,000145,54661,474
4,532147,37663,479
5,623149,04765,590
7,277150,56267,800
8,164152,18970,114
8,152153,92772,550
8,438155,63475,138
8,747157,32677,792
9,077158,99980,534
9,321160,65083,368
9,461162,27386,229
9,587163,93889,193
9,699165,65592,209
9,796167,35895,232
9,879169,04598,320
9,953170,709101,499
10,018172,354104,767
10,099174,217108,171

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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