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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 ThailandCongo - KinshasaBotswana
59,74851,1811,630
60,16552,7821,665
60,74654,4531,698
61,32356,1701,730
61,88457,8601,761
62,42559,5991,792
62,95661,4741,824
63,46763,4791,857
63,93765,5901,890
64,38167,8001,923
64,80470,1141,956
65,20872,5501,990
65,59975,1382,023
65,97077,7922,057
66,33280,5342,091
66,67383,3682,125
66,97586,2292,159
67,25089,1932,194
67,50692,2092,228
67,75095,2322,262
67,97598,3202,297
68,180101,4992,331
68,366104,7672,365
68,457108,1712,403

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.