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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 - KinshasaCentral African RepublicThailand
51,1813,88959,748
52,7823,98060,165
54,4534,05460,746
56,1704,12861,323
57,8604,21561,884
59,5994,28962,425
61,4744,36362,956
63,4794,44963,467
65,5904,54463,937
67,8004,64164,381
70,1144,74264,804
72,5504,84565,208
75,1384,95065,599
77,7925,05765,970
80,5345,16766,332
83,3685,27866,673
86,2295,39266,975
89,1935,50767,250
92,2095,62567,506
95,2325,74567,750
98,3205,87467,975
101,4996,02568,180
104,7676,15468,366
108,1716,29168,457

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.