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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 BangladeshLaosCongo - Kinshasa
132,9075,28651,181
135,2075,39752,782
137,4205,49954,453
139,5735,57856,170
141,6505,65457,860
143,6445,74659,599
145,5465,83661,474
147,3765,93163,479
149,0476,03565,590
150,5626,14567,800
152,1896,25770,114
153,9276,36872,550
155,6346,47775,138
157,3266,58677,792
158,9996,69580,534
160,6506,80483,368
162,2736,91286,229
163,9387,01989,193
165,6557,12792,209
167,3587,23495,232
169,0457,34398,320
170,7097,452101,499
172,3547,560104,767
174,2177,666108,171

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

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