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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Brazzaville	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	2,886	11,075	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	2,999	11,405	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	3,113	11,828	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	3,181	12,380	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	3,274	12,829	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	3,400	13,178	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	3,543	13,540	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	3,702	13,917	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	3,859	14,309	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	3,989	14,722	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	4,146	15,152	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	4,324	15,600	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	4,468	16,064	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	4,581	16,563	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	4,667	17,072	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	4,757	17,575	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	4,851	18,094	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	4,951	18,621	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	5,055	19,157	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	5,164	19,698	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	5,279	20,242	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	5,400	20,788	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	5,527	21,336	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	5,655	21,889	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 Congo - Brazzaville, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.