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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	4,993	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	5,116	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	5,237	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	5,357	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	5,476	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	5,595	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	5,715	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	5,835	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	5,967	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	6,115	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	6,270	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	6,432	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	6,144	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	5,849	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	6,010	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	6,163	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	6,291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	6,415	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	6,549	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	6,689	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	6,826	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	6,960	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	7,088	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	7,169	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

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