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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 - KinshasaDenmark
59,74851,1815,322
60,16552,7825,339
60,74654,4535,358
61,32356,1705,377
61,88457,8605,391
62,42559,5995,404
62,95661,4745,420
63,46763,4795,438
63,93765,5905,461
64,38167,8005,494
64,80470,1145,524
65,20872,5505,548
65,59975,1385,571
65,97077,7925,592
66,33280,5345,614
66,67383,3685,644
66,97586,2295,683
67,25089,1935,730
67,50692,2095,766
67,75095,2325,795
67,97598,3205,818
68,180101,4995,831
68,366104,7675,855
68,457108,1715,907

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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.