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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tunisia	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	51,181	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	52,782	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	54,453	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	56,170	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	57,860	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	59,599	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	61,474	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,479	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	65,590	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	67,800	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	70,114	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	72,550	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	75,138	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	77,792	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,534	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	83,368	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	86,229	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	89,193	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	92,209	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	95,232	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	98,320	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	101,499	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	104,767	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	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 Tunisia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.