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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	132,907	531
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	135,207	545
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	137,420	559
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	139,573	574
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	141,650	590
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	143,644	606
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	145,546	623
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	147,376	640
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	149,047	657
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	150,562	674
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	152,189	690
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	153,927	706
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	155,634	722
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	157,326	737
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	158,999	752
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	160,650	767
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	162,273	781
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	163,938	795
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	165,655	808
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	167,358	821
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	169,045	837
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	170,709	853
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	172,354	869
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	174,217	885

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.

All data sources

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