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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 - KinshasaThailandBarbados
51,18159,748273
52,78260,165274
54,45360,746275
56,17061,323276
57,86061,884278
59,59962,425279
61,47462,956280
63,47963,467281
65,59063,937282
67,80064,381283
70,11464,804285
72,55065,208286
75,13865,599287
77,79265,970288
80,53466,332289
83,36866,673290
86,22966,975291
89,19367,250291
92,20967,506292
95,23267,750293
98,32067,975294
101,49968,180294
104,76768,366295
108,17168,457295

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