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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Yemen	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	132,907	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	135,207	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	137,420	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	139,573	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	141,650	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	143,644	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	145,546	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	147,376	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	149,047	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	150,562	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	152,189	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	153,927	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	155,634	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	157,326	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	158,999	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	160,650	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	162,273	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	163,938	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	165,655	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	167,358	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	169,045	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	170,709	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	172,354	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	174,217	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 Yemen, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.