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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 - KinshasaChadThailand
51,1817,55959,748
52,7827,82160,165
54,4538,09260,746
56,1708,39561,323
57,8608,76361,884
59,5999,19162,425
61,4749,59462,956
63,4799,96763,467
65,59010,33863,937
67,80010,72864,381
70,11411,13964,804
72,55011,55065,208
75,13811,98365,599
77,79212,42765,970
80,53412,89566,332
83,36813,37966,673
86,22913,82366,975
89,19314,27767,250
92,20914,76567,506
95,23215,25267,750
98,32015,75067,975
101,49916,25768,180
104,76716,77668,366
108,17117,30768,457

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