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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Brazzaville	Oman	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	2,886	2,348	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	2,999	2,403	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	3,113	2,457	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	3,181	2,510	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	3,274	2,562	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	3,400	2,613	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	3,543	2,663	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	3,702	2,713	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	3,859	2,764	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	3,989	2,816	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	4,146	2,871	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	4,324	2,928	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	4,468	2,986	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	4,581	3,047	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	4,667	3,110	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	4,757	3,174	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	4,851	3,240	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	4,951	3,307	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	5,055	3,375	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	5,164	3,444	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	5,279	3,512	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	5,400	3,582	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	5,527	3,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	5,655	3,696	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.

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

Bangladesh

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

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