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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 - KinshasaThailandNamibia
51,18159,7481,841
52,78260,1651,893
54,45360,7461,945
56,17061,3231,981
57,86061,8842,008
59,59962,4252,034
61,47462,9562,060
63,47963,4672,086
65,59063,9372,113
67,80064,3812,141
70,11464,8042,170
72,55065,2082,201
75,13865,5992,232
77,79265,9702,268
80,53466,3322,312
83,36866,6732,360
86,22966,9752,408
89,19367,2502,456
92,20967,5062,505
95,23267,7502,554
98,32067,9752,602
101,49968,1802,651
104,76768,3662,700
108,17168,4572,739

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