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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 - KinshasaThailandBosnia & Herzegovina
51,18159,7483,811
52,78260,1653,901
54,45360,7463,919
56,17061,3233,923
57,86061,8843,940
59,59962,4253,975
61,47462,9563,991
63,47963,4673,993
65,59063,9373,990
67,80064,3813,987
70,11464,8043,985
72,55065,2083,983
75,13865,5993,980
77,79265,9703,977
80,53466,3323,973
83,36866,6733,968
86,22966,9753,963
89,19367,2503,957
92,20967,5063,951
95,23267,7503,944
98,32067,9753,937
101,49968,1803,929
104,76768,3663,921
108,17168,4573,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.