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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Turkmenistan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	4,324	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	4,385	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	4,444	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	4,502	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	4,556	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	4,608	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	4,664	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	4,719	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	4,773	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	4,828	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	4,884	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	4,940	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	4,996	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	5,053	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	5,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	5,169	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	5,227	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	5,287	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	5,346	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	5,405	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	5,464	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	5,522	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	5,579	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	5,657	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.

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 Turkmenistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.