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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	132,907	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	135,207	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	137,420	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	139,573	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	141,650	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	143,644	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	145,546	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	147,376	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	149,047	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	150,562	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	152,189	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	153,927	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	155,634	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	157,326	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	158,999	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	160,650	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	162,273	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	163,938	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	165,655	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	167,358	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	169,045	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	170,709	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	172,354	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	174,217	23,796

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.