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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	51,181	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	52,782	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	54,453	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	56,170	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	57,860	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	59,599	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	61,474	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	63,479	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	65,590	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	67,800	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	70,114	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	72,550	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	75,138	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	77,792	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	80,534	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	83,368	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	86,229	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	89,193	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	92,209	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	95,232	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	98,320	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	101,499	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	104,767	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	108,171	7,432

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.

All data sources

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, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.