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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	51,181	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	52,782	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	54,453	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	56,170	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	57,860	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	59,599	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	61,474	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	63,479	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	65,590	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	67,800	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	70,114	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	72,550	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	75,138	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	77,792	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	80,534	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	83,368	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	86,229	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	89,193	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	92,209	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	95,232	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	98,320	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	101,499	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	104,767	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	108,171	117,924

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