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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 - KinshasaDominica
59,74851,18170
60,16552,78271
60,74654,45371
61,32356,17072
61,88457,86072
62,42559,59972
62,95661,47472
63,46763,47972
63,93765,59072
64,38167,80073
64,80470,11473
65,20872,55073
65,59975,13873
65,97077,79273
66,33280,53473
66,67383,36873
66,97586,22974
67,25089,19374
67,50692,20974
67,75095,23274
67,97598,32075
68,180101,49975
68,366104,76776
68,457108,17176

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