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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	51,181	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	52,782	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	54,453	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	56,170	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	57,860	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	59,599	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	61,474	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	63,479	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	65,590	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	67,800	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	70,114	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	72,550	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	75,138	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	77,792	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	80,534	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	83,368	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	86,229	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	89,193	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	92,209	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	95,232	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	98,320	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	101,499	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	104,767	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	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

Bangladesh

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

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