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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BangladeshCongo - KinshasaSaudi Arabia
132,90751,18119,964
135,20752,78220,426
137,42054,45320,956
139,57356,17021,549
141,65057,86022,189
143,64459,59922,850
145,54661,47423,516
147,37663,47924,178
149,04765,59024,841
150,56267,80025,518
152,18970,11426,227
153,92772,55027,068
155,63475,13827,810
157,32677,79228,516
158,99980,53429,220
160,65083,36829,936
162,27386,22930,646
163,93889,19331,360
165,65592,20932,184
167,35895,23232,869
169,04598,32033,661
170,709101,49934,542
172,354104,76733,651
174,217108,17134,081

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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