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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 - KinshasaBangladeshSerbia
51,181132,9077,611
52,782135,2077,587
54,453137,4207,574
56,170139,5737,570
57,860141,6507,551
59,599143,6447,533
61,474145,5467,510
63,479147,3767,481
65,590149,0477,451
67,800150,5627,419
70,114152,1897,389
72,550153,9277,360
75,138155,6347,304
77,792157,3267,269
80,534158,9997,234
83,368160,6507,199
86,229162,2737,162
89,193163,9387,124
92,209165,6557,087
95,232167,3587,048
98,320169,0457,010
101,499170,7096,964
104,767172,3546,898
108,171174,2176,833

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

Serbia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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