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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 Central African RepublicCongo - KinshasaThailand
3,88951,18159,748
3,98052,78260,165
4,05454,45360,746
4,12856,17061,323
4,21557,86061,884
4,28959,59962,425
4,36361,47462,956
4,44963,47963,467
4,54465,59063,937
4,64167,80064,381
4,74270,11464,804
4,84572,55065,208
4,95075,13865,599
5,05777,79265,970
5,16780,53466,332
5,27883,36866,673
5,39286,22966,975
5,50789,19367,250
5,62592,20967,506
5,74595,23267,750
5,87498,32067,975
6,025101,49968,180
6,154104,76768,366
6,291108,17168,457

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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.