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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Bolivia	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	8,007	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	8,177	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	8,351	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	8,529	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	8,711	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	8,895	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	9,081	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	9,268	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	9,457	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	9,647	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	9,836	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	10,024	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	10,211	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	10,397	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	10,581	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	10,763	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	10,942	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	11,118	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	11,289	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	11,456	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	11,621	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	11,775	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	11,917	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	12,060	174,217

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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