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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 - KinshasaVenezuela
132,90751,18123,188
135,20752,78223,601
137,42054,45324,011
139,57356,17024,425
141,65057,86024,841
143,64459,59925,255
145,54661,47425,667
147,37663,47926,079
149,04765,59026,589
150,56267,80027,098
152,18970,11427,510
153,92772,55027,920
155,63475,13828,327
157,32677,79228,722
158,99980,53429,111
160,65083,36829,418
162,27386,22929,693
163,93889,19329,961
165,65592,20929,856
167,35895,23228,858
169,04598,32027,921
170,709101,49927,871
172,354104,76728,316
174,217108,17128,418

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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