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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	387	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	390	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	393	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	396	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	398	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	401	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	404	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	405	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	406	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	409	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	412	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	414	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	416	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	426	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	435	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	445	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	455	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	468	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	485	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	504	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	516	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	518	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	530	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 Malta, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.