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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Oman	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	2,348	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	2,403	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	2,457	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	2,510	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	2,562	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	2,613	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	2,663	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	2,713	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	2,764	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	2,816	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	2,871	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	2,928	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	2,986	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,047	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,110	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,174	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,240	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,307	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,375	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,444	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,512	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,582	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,651	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,696	5,655

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.

All data sources

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 Oman, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.