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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 - KinshasaBangladeshIran
51,181132,90764,704
52,782135,20765,411
54,453137,42066,167
56,170139,57366,689
57,860141,65067,807
59,599143,64468,480
61,474145,54669,325
63,479147,37670,158
65,590149,04771,040
67,800150,56271,942
70,114152,18972,888
72,550153,92773,826
75,138155,63474,625
77,792157,32675,446
80,534158,99976,418
83,368160,65077,521
86,229162,27378,652
89,193163,93879,700
92,209165,65580,725
95,232167,35881,721
98,320169,04582,685
101,499170,70983,614
104,767172,35484,505
108,171174,21785,108

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

Iran

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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