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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	132,907	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	135,207	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	137,420	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	139,573	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	141,650	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	143,644	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	145,546	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	147,376	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	149,047	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	150,562	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	152,189	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	153,927	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	155,634	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	157,326	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	158,999	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	160,650	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	162,273	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	163,938	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	165,655	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	167,358	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	169,045	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	170,709	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	172,354	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	174,217	39,252

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