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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	United States	Bangladesh	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	132,907	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	135,207	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	137,420	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	139,573	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	141,650	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	143,644	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	145,546	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	147,376	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	149,047	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	150,562	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	152,189	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	153,927	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	155,634	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	157,326	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	158,999	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	160,650	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	162,273	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	163,938	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	165,655	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	167,358	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	169,045	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	170,709	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	172,354	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	174,217	10,200

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Bangladesh

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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