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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 - KinshasaCyprusThailand
51,18181859,748
52,78282660,165
54,45383560,746
56,17084561,323
57,86085561,884
59,59986762,425
61,47487962,956
63,47989463,467
65,59091363,937
67,80093764,381
70,11496264,804
72,55098865,208
75,1381,01365,599
77,7921,02965,970
80,5341,02666,332
83,3681,01566,673
86,2291,00966,975
89,1931,01467,250
92,2091,02367,506
95,2321,03667,750
98,3201,05067,975
101,4991,06268,180
104,7671,07268,366
108,1711,08768,457

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, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.