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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,811	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,901	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,919	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,923	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,940	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,975	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,991	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,993	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,990	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,987	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,985	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,983	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,980	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,977	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,973	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,968	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,963	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,957	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,951	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,944	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,937	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,929	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,921	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,876	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.

All data sources

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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