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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 - KinshasaTanzaniaBangladesh
51,18132,912132,907
52,78233,953135,207
54,45334,974137,420
56,17036,021139,573
57,86037,100141,650
59,59938,167143,644
61,47439,262145,546
63,47940,387147,376
65,59041,557149,047
67,80042,741150,562
70,11443,889152,189
72,55045,132153,927
75,13846,531155,634
77,79247,965157,326
80,53449,437158,999
83,36850,965160,650
86,22952,604162,273
89,19354,336163,938
92,20956,062165,655
95,23257,765167,358
98,32059,465169,045
101,49961,191170,709
104,76762,944172,354
108,17164,835174,217

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.