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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	51,181	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	52,782	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	54,453	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	56,170	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	57,860	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	59,599	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	61,474	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	63,479	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	65,590	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	67,800	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	70,114	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	72,550	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	75,138	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	77,792	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	80,534	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	83,368	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	86,229	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	89,193	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	92,209	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	95,232	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	98,320	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	101,499	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	104,767	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	108,171	217,718

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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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