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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Madagascar	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	15,259	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	15,707	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	16,162	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	16,631	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	17,114	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	17,610	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	18,120	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	18,641	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	19,173	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	19,717	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	20,272	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	20,837	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	21,413	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	21,999	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	22,593	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	23,196	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	23,806	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	24,423	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	25,044	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	25,671	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	26,302	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	26,936	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	27,573	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	28,237	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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.