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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Congo - Kinshasa	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	51,181	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	52,782	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	54,453	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	56,170	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	57,860	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	59,599	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	61,474	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	63,479	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	65,590	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	67,800	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	70,114	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	72,550	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	75,138	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	77,792	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	80,534	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	83,368	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	86,229	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	89,193	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	92,209	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	95,232	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	98,320	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	101,499	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	104,767	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	108,171	68,457

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.