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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	11,075	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	11,405	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	11,828	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	12,380	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	12,829	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	13,178	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	13,540	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	13,917	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	14,309	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	14,722	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	15,152	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	15,600	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	16,064	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	16,563	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	17,072	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	17,575	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	18,094	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	18,621	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	19,157	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	19,698	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	20,242	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	20,788	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	21,336	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	21,889	2,787	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

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