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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	Paraguay	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	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.

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 Paraguay, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.