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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Niger	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	10,424	51,181	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	10,785	52,782	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	11,170	54,453	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	11,580	56,170	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	12,015	57,860	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	12,472	59,599	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	12,954	61,474	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	13,459	63,479	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	13,986	65,590	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	14,532	67,800	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	15,092	70,114	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	15,669	72,550	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	16,263	75,138	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	16,903	77,792	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	17,569	80,534	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	18,242	83,368	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	18,957	86,229	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	19,708	89,193	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	20,462	92,209	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	21,228	95,232	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	22,023	98,320	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	22,842	101,499	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	23,691	104,767	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	24,587	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 Niger, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.