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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	132,907	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	135,207	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	137,420	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	139,573	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	141,650	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	143,644	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	145,546	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	147,376	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	149,047	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	150,562	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	152,189	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	153,927	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	155,634	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	157,326	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	158,999	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	160,650	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	162,273	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	163,938	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	165,655	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	167,358	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	169,045	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	170,709	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	172,354	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	174,217	11,003

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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.