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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Israel	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,927	132,907	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	6,088	135,207	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	6,236	137,420	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	6,366	139,573	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	6,484	141,650	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	6,603	143,644	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	6,723	145,546	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	6,846	147,376	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,972	149,047	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,100	150,562	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,226	152,189	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,360	153,927	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,498	155,634	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	7,637	157,326	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	7,781	158,999	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	7,931	160,650	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,091	162,273	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,251	163,938	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,412	165,655	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,576	167,358	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,742	169,045	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,899	170,709	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	9,047	172,354	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	9,188	174,217	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.

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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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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.