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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 BangladeshAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
132,9073,08551,181
135,2073,06552,782
137,4203,04754,453
139,5733,03856,170
141,6503,02657,860
143,6443,01459,599
145,5462,99861,474
147,3762,97963,479
149,0472,95765,590
150,5622,93467,800
152,1892,91570,114
153,9272,90072,550
155,6342,89275,138
157,3262,88877,792
158,9992,88280,534
160,6502,87683,368
162,2732,86886,229
163,9382,86389,193
165,6552,86192,209
167,3582,85495,232
169,0452,84298,320
170,7092,825101,499
172,3542,799104,767
174,2172,787108,171

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