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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 - KinshasaThailandBotswana
51,18159,7481,630
52,78260,1651,665
54,45360,7461,698
56,17061,3231,730
57,86061,8841,761
59,59962,4251,792
61,47462,9561,824
63,47963,4671,857
65,59063,9371,890
67,80064,3811,923
70,11464,8041,956
72,55065,2081,990
75,13865,5992,023
77,79265,9702,057
80,53466,3322,091
83,36866,6732,125
86,22966,9752,159
89,19367,2502,194
92,20967,5062,228
95,23267,7502,262
98,32067,9752,297
101,49968,1802,331
104,76768,3662,365
108,17168,4572,403

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