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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 - KinshasaBangladeshParaguay
51,181132,9075,366
52,782135,2075,473
54,453137,4205,579
56,170139,5735,683
57,860141,6505,786
59,599143,6445,886
61,474145,5465,984
63,479147,3766,080
65,590149,0476,173
67,800150,5626,264
70,114152,1896,352
72,550153,9276,438
75,138155,6346,522
77,792157,3266,605
80,534158,9996,688
83,368160,6506,769
86,229162,2736,850
89,193163,9386,930
92,209165,6557,012
95,232167,3587,095
98,320169,0457,179
101,499170,7097,263
104,767172,3547,348
108,171174,2177,432

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