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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 - KinshasaThailandSlovenia
51,18159,7481,998
52,78260,1652,004
54,45360,7462,006
56,17061,3232,009
57,86061,8842,010
59,59962,4252,011
61,47462,9562,015
63,47963,4672,022
65,59063,9372,033
67,80064,3812,036
70,11464,8042,056
72,55065,2082,063
75,13865,5992,067
77,79265,9702,071
80,53466,3322,074
83,36866,6732,076
86,22966,9752,078
89,19367,2502,079
92,20967,5062,081
95,23267,7502,087
98,32067,9752,104
101,49968,1802,118
104,76768,3662,123
108,17168,4572,124

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

Slovenia

  • 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.