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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 - KinshasaTrinidad & Tobago
59,74851,1811,301
60,16552,7821,303
60,74654,4531,308
61,32356,1701,314
61,88457,8601,320
62,42559,5991,326
62,95661,4741,332
63,46763,4791,338
63,93765,5901,344
64,38167,8001,352
64,80470,1141,359
65,20872,5501,365
65,59975,1381,372
65,97077,7921,379
66,33280,5341,386
66,67383,3681,392
66,97586,2291,399
67,25089,1931,405
67,50692,2091,411
67,75095,2321,436
67,97598,3201,452
68,180101,4991,448
68,366104,7671,450
68,457108,1711,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.