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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 - KinshasaBangladeshHaiti
51,181132,9078,121
52,782135,2078,279
54,453137,4208,430
56,170139,5738,580
57,860141,6508,739
59,599143,6448,900
61,474145,5469,061
63,479147,3769,216
65,590149,0479,364
67,800150,5629,508
70,114152,1899,652
72,550153,9279,553
75,138155,6349,670
77,792157,3269,793
80,534158,9999,922
83,368160,65010,047
86,229162,27310,254
89,193163,93810,486
92,209165,65510,647
95,232167,35810,788
98,320169,04510,933
101,499170,70911,077
104,767172,35411,215
108,171174,21711,349

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, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.