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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 - KinshasaMoldovaThailand
51,1814,24459,748
52,7824,19960,165
54,4534,15460,746
56,1704,10861,323
57,8604,05961,884
59,5994,01362,425
61,4743,96662,956
63,4793,91963,467
65,5903,87363,937
67,8003,82964,381
70,1143,78864,804
72,5503,74865,208
75,1383,70965,599
77,7923,67165,970
80,5343,63366,332
83,3683,59566,673
86,2293,55866,975
89,1933,52267,250
92,2093,48567,506
95,2323,44867,750
98,3203,41267,975
101,4993,37668,180
104,7673,33968,366
108,1713,57068,457

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