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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 - KinshasaCzechiaThailand
51,18110,23059,748
52,78210,22060,165
54,45310,17260,746
56,17010,14861,323
57,86010,14961,884
59,59910,15462,425
61,47410,18262,956
63,47910,21463,467
65,59010,27063,937
67,80010,37664,381
70,11410,43864,804
72,55010,46365,208
75,13810,44365,599
77,79210,45565,970
80,53410,45766,332
83,36810,47166,673
86,22910,48966,975
89,19310,51167,250
92,20910,53567,506
95,23210,57267,750
98,32010,61567,975
101,49910,64568,180
104,76710,64268,366
108,17110,63568,457

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