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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 - KinshasaGeorgiaThailand
51,1814,84859,748
52,7824,81460,165
54,4534,78960,746
56,1704,77161,323
57,8604,74661,884
59,5994,73962,425
61,4744,78662,956
63,4794,82663,467
65,5904,82063,937
67,8004,81964,381
70,1144,85164,804
72,5504,89865,208
75,1384,93465,599
77,7924,94665,970
80,5344,93866,332
83,3684,93166,673
86,2294,92766,975
89,1934,92467,250
92,2094,92267,506
95,2324,92267,750
98,3204,92367,975
101,4994,92668,180
104,7674,92968,366
108,1714,91168,457

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