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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 - KinshasaSerbiaBangladesh
51,1817,611132,907
52,7827,587135,207
54,4537,574137,420
56,1707,570139,573
57,8607,551141,650
59,5997,533143,644
61,4747,510145,546
63,4797,481147,376
65,5907,451149,047
67,8007,419150,562
70,1147,389152,189
72,5507,360153,927
75,1387,304155,634
77,7927,269157,326
80,5347,234158,999
83,3687,199160,650
86,2297,162162,273
89,1937,124163,938
92,2097,087165,655
95,2327,048167,358
98,3207,010169,045
101,4996,964170,709
104,7676,898172,354
108,1716,833174,217

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

Serbia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.