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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	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

Bangladesh

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

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