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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	51,181	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	52,782	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	54,453	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	56,170	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	57,860	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	59,599	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	61,474	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	63,479	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	65,590	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	67,800	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	70,114	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	72,550	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	75,138	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	77,792	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	80,534	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	83,368	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	86,229	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	89,193	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	92,209	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	95,232	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	98,320	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	101,499	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	104,767	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.