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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 - KinshasaCroatia
59,74851,1814,377
60,16552,7824,334
60,74654,4534,171
61,32356,1704,176
61,88457,8604,176
62,42559,5994,179
62,95661,4744,182
63,46763,4794,183
63,93765,5904,183
64,38167,8004,181
64,80470,1144,177
65,20872,5504,167
65,59975,1384,154
65,97077,7924,141
66,33280,5344,126
66,67383,3684,109
66,97586,2294,081
67,25089,1934,047
67,50692,2094,006
67,75095,2323,968
67,97598,3203,945
68,180101,4993,925
68,366104,7673,839
68,457108,1713,790

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

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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