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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 BangladeshCongo - KinshasaBolivia
132,90751,1818,007
135,20752,7828,177
137,42054,4538,351
139,57356,1708,529
141,65057,8608,711
143,64459,5998,895
145,54661,4749,081
147,37663,4799,268
149,04765,5909,457
150,56267,8009,647
152,18970,1149,836
153,92772,55010,024
155,63475,13810,211
157,32677,79210,397
158,99980,53410,581
160,65083,36810,763
162,27386,22910,942
163,93889,19311,118
165,65592,20911,289
167,35895,23211,456
169,04598,32011,621
170,709101,49911,775
172,354104,76711,917
174,217108,17112,060

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

Bolivia

  • 1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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