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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa	India
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	51,181	1,000,965
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	52,782	1,018,667
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	54,453	1,036,256
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	56,170	1,053,663
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	57,860	1,070,882
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	59,599	1,087,941
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	61,474	1,104,803
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	63,479	1,121,354
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	65,590	1,137,576
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	67,800	1,153,547
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	70,114	1,169,239
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	72,550	1,184,638
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	75,138	1,199,810
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	77,792	1,214,839
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	80,534	1,229,765
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	83,368	1,244,577
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	86,229	1,259,236
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	89,193	1,273,693
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	92,209	1,287,902
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	95,232	1,301,821
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	98,320	1,315,530
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	101,499	1,329,062
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	104,767	1,339,912
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	108,171	1,349,060

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

India

1600–1870: Broadberry, S.N., Custodis, J. and Gupta, B. (2015), “India and the great divergence: an Anglo-Indian comparison of GDP per capita, 1600–1871” Explorations in Economic History, 55: 58-75.
1870-1900: A. Heston, "National Income", in D. Kumar and M. Desai, Cambridge Economic History of India, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1983, p. 397.
1900-46: A. Maddison, "Alternative Estimates of the Real Product of India, 1900-46", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 22, 2, 1985.
1946-50: A. Maddison, Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan Since the Moghuls, Allen and Unwin, London, 1971, p. 169.

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