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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 - KinshasaHondurasBangladesh
51,1816,198132,907
52,7826,367135,207
54,4536,535137,420
56,1706,698139,573
57,8606,863141,650
59,5997,028143,644
61,4747,194145,546
63,4797,359147,376
65,5907,522149,047
67,8007,682150,562
70,1147,839152,189
72,5507,991153,927
75,1388,141155,634
77,7928,288157,326
80,5348,429158,999
83,3688,546160,650
86,2298,661162,273
89,1938,770163,938
92,2098,878165,655
95,2329,002167,358
98,3209,154169,045
101,4999,304170,709
104,7679,448172,354
108,1719,590174,217

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

Bangladesh

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

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