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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 - KinshasaBangladeshMongolia
51,181132,9072,433
52,782135,2072,461
54,453137,4202,489
56,170139,5732,519
57,860141,6502,547
59,599143,6442,574
61,474145,5462,602
63,479147,3762,633
65,590149,0472,666
67,800150,5622,702
70,114152,1892,741
72,550153,9272,783
75,138155,6342,827
77,792157,3262,870
80,534158,9992,912
83,368160,6502,953
86,229162,2732,993
89,193163,9383,031
92,209165,6553,068
95,232167,3583,103
98,320169,0453,171
101,499170,7093,231
104,767172,3543,284
108,171174,2173,333

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

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