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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 - KinshasaSenegalThailand
51,18110,07059,748
52,78210,30560,165
54,45310,57660,746
56,17010,86461,323
57,86011,17261,884
59,59911,49862,425
61,47411,83962,956
63,47912,20463,467
65,59012,58463,937
67,80012,97864,381
70,11413,38264,804
72,55013,79465,208
75,13814,22665,599
77,79214,66865,970
80,53415,12166,332
83,36815,58966,673
86,22916,06666,975
89,19316,54967,250
92,20917,04467,506
95,23217,53567,750
98,32018,02167,975
101,49918,51868,180
104,76719,01668,366
108,17119,51268,457

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