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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	4,244	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	4,199	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,154	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,108	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,059	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,013	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,966	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,919	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,873	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,829	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,788	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,748	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,709	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,671	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,633	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,595	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,558	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,522	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,485	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,448	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,412	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,376	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,339	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,570	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.

All data sources

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.