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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 - KinshasaBangladeshRomania
51,181132,90722,414
52,782135,20722,262
54,453137,42022,106
56,170139,57321,931
57,860141,65021,828
59,599143,64421,704
61,474145,54621,571
63,479147,37621,443
65,590149,04721,129
67,800150,56220,779
70,114152,18920,607
72,550153,92720,485
75,138155,63420,385
77,792157,32620,296
80,534158,99920,224
83,368160,65020,151
86,229162,27320,055
89,193163,93819,938
92,209165,65519,823
95,232167,35819,713
98,320169,04519,622
101,499170,70919,496
104,767172,35419,351
108,171174,21719,266

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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