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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date TunisiaBangladeshCongo - Kinshasa
9,417132,90751,181
9,514135,20752,782
9,613137,42054,453
9,711139,57356,170
9,810141,65057,860
9,906143,64459,599
9,997145,54661,474
10,087147,37663,479
10,178149,04765,590
10,274150,56267,800
10,377152,18970,114
10,491153,92772,550
10,612155,63475,138
10,737157,32677,792
10,866158,99980,534
10,996160,65083,368
11,124162,27386,229
11,248163,93889,193
11,365165,65592,209
11,477167,35895,232
11,583169,04598,320
11,681170,709101,499
11,772172,354104,767
11,862174,217108,171

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.

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