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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Cuba	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	11,108	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	11,147	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	11,179	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	11,210	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	11,241	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	11,260	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	11,268	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	11,266	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	11,261	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	11,258	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	11,260	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	11,262	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	11,264	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	11,262	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	11,250	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	11,238	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	11,214	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	11,180	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	11,147	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	11,116	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	11,105	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	11,089	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	11,046	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	11,003	108,171

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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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