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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Iran	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	64,704	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	65,411	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	66,167	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	66,689	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	67,807	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	68,480	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	69,325	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	70,158	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	71,040	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	71,942	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	72,888	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	73,826	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	74,625	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	75,446	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	76,418	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	77,521	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	78,652	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	79,700	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	80,725	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	81,721	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	82,685	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,614	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	84,505	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	85,108	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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.