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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	433	51,181	11,075	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	438	52,782	11,405	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	443	54,453	11,828	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	448	56,170	12,380	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,860	12,829	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	460	59,599	13,178	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	467	61,474	13,540	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,479	13,917	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	482	65,590	14,309	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	491	67,800	14,722	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	500	70,114	15,152	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	509	72,550	15,600	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	521	75,138	16,064	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	533	77,792	16,563	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	547	80,534	17,072	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	560	83,368	17,575	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	571	86,229	18,094	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	586	89,193	18,621	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	599	92,209	19,157	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	610	95,232	19,698	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	623	98,320	20,242	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	633	101,499	20,788	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	643	104,767	21,336	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	651	108,171	21,889	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.

All data sources

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 Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.