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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 - KinshasaThailandLaos
51,18159,7485,286
52,78260,1655,397
54,45360,7465,499
56,17061,3235,578
57,86061,8845,654
59,59962,4255,746
61,47462,9565,836
63,47963,4675,931
65,59063,9376,035
67,80064,3816,145
70,11464,8046,257
72,55065,2086,368
75,13865,5996,477
77,79265,9706,586
80,53466,3326,695
83,36866,6736,804
86,22966,9756,912
89,19367,2507,019
92,20967,5067,127
95,23267,7507,234
98,32067,9757,343
101,49968,1807,452
104,76768,3667,560
108,17168,4577,666

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