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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	132,907	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	135,207	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	137,420	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	139,573	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	141,650	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	143,644	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	145,546	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	147,376	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	149,047	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	150,562	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	152,189	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	153,927	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	155,634	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	157,326	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	158,999	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	160,650	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	162,273	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	163,938	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	165,655	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	167,358	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	169,045	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	170,709	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	172,354	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	174,217	3,570

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