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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	51,181	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	52,782	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	54,453	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	56,170	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	57,860	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	59,599	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	61,474	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	63,479	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	65,590	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	67,800	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	70,114	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	72,550	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	75,138	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	77,792	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	80,534	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	83,368	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	86,229	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	89,193	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	92,209	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	95,232	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	98,320	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	101,499	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	104,767	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Bangladesh

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

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