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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	Qatar	Bangladesh	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	627	132,907	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	659	135,207	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	691	137,420	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	724	139,573	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	757	141,650	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	850	143,644	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	145,546	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	147,376	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	149,047	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	150,562	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	152,189	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	153,927	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	155,634	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	157,326	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	158,999	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	160,650	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	162,273	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	163,938	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	165,655	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	167,358	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	169,045	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	170,709	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	172,354	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	174,217	2,787	108,171

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.

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