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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Nigeria	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	121,649	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	125,014	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	128,513	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	132,165	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	135,971	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	139,900	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	143,914	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	148,019	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	152,195	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	156,434	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	160,751	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	165,142	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	169,607	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	174,142	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	178,737	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	183,362	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	187,979	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	192,594	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	197,417	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	202,498	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	207,699	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	213,021	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	218,473	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.