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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 - KinshasaFinland
59,74851,1815,166
60,16552,7825,176
60,74654,4535,188
61,32356,1705,201
61,88457,8605,213
62,42559,5995,228
62,95661,4745,246
63,46763,4795,266
63,93765,5905,289
64,38167,8005,313
64,80470,1145,339
65,20872,5505,363
65,59975,1385,388
65,97077,7925,414
66,33280,5345,439
66,67383,3685,463
66,97586,2295,481
67,25089,1935,495
67,50692,2095,508
67,75095,2325,516
67,97598,3205,522
68,180101,4995,531
68,366104,7675,542
68,457108,1715,556

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

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.