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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	51,181	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	52,782	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	54,453	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	56,170	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	57,860	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	59,599	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	61,474	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	63,479	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	65,590	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	67,800	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	70,114	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	72,550	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	75,138	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	77,792	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	80,534	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	83,368	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	86,229	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	89,193	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	92,209	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	95,232	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	98,320	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	101,499	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	104,767	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	108,171	55,924

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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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