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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 - KinshasaBangladeshKenya
51,181132,90730,192
52,782135,20731,025
54,453137,42031,919
56,170139,57332,865
57,860141,65033,846
59,599143,64434,880
61,474145,54635,961
63,479147,37637,093
65,590149,04738,248
67,800150,56239,441
70,114152,18940,668
72,550153,92741,900
75,138155,63443,198
77,792157,32644,470
80,534158,99945,639
83,368160,65046,808
86,229162,27347,983
89,193163,93849,095
92,209165,65550,201
95,232167,35851,357
98,320169,04552,522
101,499170,70953,691
104,767172,35454,867
108,171174,21755,924

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

Kenya

  • 1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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