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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 CambodiaBangladeshCongo - Kinshasa
12,122132,90751,181
12,317135,20752,782
12,504137,42054,453
12,691139,57356,170
12,881141,65057,860
13,076143,64459,599
13,276145,54661,474
13,461147,37663,479
13,630149,04765,590
13,808150,56267,800
13,990152,18970,114
14,162153,92772,550
14,322155,63475,138
14,480157,32677,792
14,637158,99980,534
14,793160,65083,368
14,994162,27386,229
15,238163,93889,193
15,480165,65592,209
15,717167,35895,232
15,944169,04598,320
16,149170,709101,499
16,338172,354104,767
16,514174,217108,171

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

Bangladesh

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

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