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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 Burkina FasoBangladeshCongo - Kinshasa
11,075132,90751,181
11,405135,20752,782
11,828137,42054,453
12,380139,57356,170
12,829141,65057,860
13,178143,64459,599
13,540145,54661,474
13,917147,37663,479
14,309149,04765,590
14,722150,56267,800
15,152152,18970,114
15,600153,92772,550
16,064155,63475,138
16,563157,32677,792
17,072158,99980,534
17,575160,65083,368
18,094162,27386,229
18,621163,93889,193
19,157165,65592,209
19,698167,35895,232
20,242169,04598,320
20,788170,709101,499
21,336172,354104,767
21,889174,217108,171

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