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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 SwedenCongo - KinshasaThailand
8,85851,18159,748
8,87252,78260,165
8,89654,45360,746
8,92556,17061,323
8,95857,86061,884
8,99459,59962,425
9,03061,47462,956
9,08163,47963,467
9,14865,59063,937
9,22067,80064,381
9,29970,11464,804
9,37872,55065,208
9,44975,13865,599
9,51977,79265,970
9,60080,53466,332
9,69683,36866,673
9,79986,22966,975
9,92389,19367,250
10,05892,20967,506
10,17595,23267,750
10,27998,32067,975
10,354101,49968,180
10,416104,76768,366
10,487108,17168,457

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

Sweden

  • 1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
  • 1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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.