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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 Congo - KinshasaBangladeshCyprus
51,181132,907818
52,782135,207826
54,453137,420835
56,170139,573845
57,860141,650855
59,599143,644867
61,474145,546879
63,479147,376894
65,590149,047913
67,800150,562937
70,114152,189962
72,550153,927988
75,138155,6341,013
77,792157,3261,029
80,534158,9991,026
83,368160,6501,015
86,229162,2731,009
89,193163,9381,014
92,209165,6551,023
95,232167,3581,036
98,320169,0451,050
101,499170,7091,062
104,767172,3541,072
108,171174,2171,087

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