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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	Dominica	Bangladesh	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	70	132,907	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	71	135,207	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	71	137,420	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	72	139,573	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	72	141,650	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	72	143,644	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	72	145,546	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	72	147,376	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	72	149,047	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	73	150,562	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	73	152,189	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	73	153,927	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	73	155,634	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	73	157,326	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	73	158,999	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	73	160,650	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	74	162,273	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	74	163,938	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	74	165,655	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	74	167,358	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	75	169,045	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	75	170,709	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	76	172,354	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	76	174,217	2,787	108,171

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 Dominica, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.