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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tanzania	Congo - Kinshasa	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	32,912	51,181	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	33,953	52,782	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	34,974	54,453	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	36,021	56,170	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	37,100	57,860	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	38,167	59,599	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	39,262	61,474	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	40,387	63,479	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	41,557	65,590	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	42,741	67,800	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	43,889	70,114	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	45,132	72,550	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	46,531	75,138	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	47,965	77,792	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	49,437	80,534	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	50,965	83,368	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	52,604	86,229	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	54,336	89,193	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	56,062	92,209	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	57,765	95,232	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	59,465	98,320	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	61,191	101,499	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	62,944	104,767	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	64,835	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 Tanzania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.