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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 - KinshasaThailandAlbania
51,18159,7483,085
52,78260,1653,065
54,45360,7463,047
56,17061,3233,038
57,86061,8843,026
59,59962,4253,014
61,47462,9562,998
63,47963,4672,979
65,59063,9372,957
67,80064,3812,934
70,11464,8042,915
72,55065,2082,900
75,13865,5992,892
77,79265,9702,888
80,53466,3322,882
83,36866,6732,876
86,22966,9752,868
89,19367,2502,863
92,20967,5062,861
95,23267,7502,854
98,32067,9752,842
101,49968,1802,825
104,76768,3662,799
108,17168,4572,787

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