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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 ChileCongo - KinshasaThailand
15,14051,18159,748
15,34052,78260,165
15,51354,45360,746
15,68656,17061,323
15,85957,86061,884
16,02959,59962,425
16,22261,47462,956
16,36463,47963,467
16,53665,59063,937
16,70067,80064,381
16,86470,11464,804
16,99972,55065,208
17,18975,13865,599
17,37877,79265,970
17,54580,53466,332
17,72083,36866,673
17,90486,22966,975
18,09989,19367,250
18,35092,20967,506
18,68195,23267,750
19,03598,32067,975
19,385101,49968,180
19,604104,76768,366
19,715108,17168,457

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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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; the database as a whole is cited above.