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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 RepublicThailandSão Tomé & Príncipe
3,88959,748138
3,98060,165141
4,05460,746144
4,12861,323147
4,21561,884151
4,28962,425154
4,36362,956158
4,44963,467161
4,54463,937165
4,64164,381168
4,74264,804172
4,84565,208176
4,95065,599180
5,05765,970183
5,16766,332187
5,27866,673190
5,39266,975194
5,50767,250198
5,62567,506201
5,74567,750204
5,87467,975208
6,02568,180212
6,15468,366216
6,29168,457220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.