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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date CroatiaBangladeshCongo - Kinshasa
4,377132,90751,181
4,334135,20752,782
4,171137,42054,453
4,176139,57356,170
4,176141,65057,860
4,179143,64459,599
4,182145,54661,474
4,183147,37663,479
4,183149,04765,590
4,181150,56267,800
4,177152,18970,114
4,167153,92772,550
4,154155,63475,138
4,141157,32677,792
4,126158,99980,534
4,109160,65083,368
4,081162,27386,229
4,047163,93889,193
4,006165,65592,209
3,968167,35895,232
3,945169,04598,320
3,925170,709101,499
3,839172,354104,767
3,790174,217108,171

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.

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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

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.