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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 Congo - KinshasaAngolaThailand
51,18111,33459,748
52,78211,67660,165
54,45312,03060,746
56,17012,44361,323
57,86012,93661,884
59,59913,48062,425
61,47414,01262,956
63,47914,53563,467
65,59015,08463,937
67,80015,65864,381
70,11416,26064,804
72,55016,88565,208
75,13817,52565,599
77,79218,20265,970
80,53418,90866,332
83,36819,62466,673
86,22920,35466,975
89,19321,09867,250
92,20921,85967,506
95,23222,63867,750
98,32023,43767,975
101,49924,25368,180
104,76725,08968,366
108,17125,87868,457

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

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Angola; the database as a whole is cited above.