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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 - KinshasaThailandSerbia
51,18159,7487,611
52,78260,1657,587
54,45360,7467,574
56,17061,3237,570
57,86061,8847,551
59,59962,4257,533
61,47462,9567,510
63,47963,4677,481
65,59063,9377,451
67,80064,3817,419
70,11464,8047,389
72,55065,2087,360
75,13865,5997,304
77,79265,9707,269
80,53466,3327,234
83,36866,6737,199
86,22966,9757,162
89,19367,2507,124
92,20967,5067,087
95,23267,7507,048
98,32067,9757,010
101,49968,1806,964
104,76768,3666,898
108,17168,4576,833

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

Serbia

  • 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.