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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 ThailandDominicaCongo - Kinshasa
59,7487051,181
60,1657152,782
60,7467154,453
61,3237256,170
61,8847257,860
62,4257259,599
62,9567261,474
63,4677263,479
63,9377265,590
64,3817367,800
64,8047370,114
65,2087372,550
65,5997375,138
65,9707377,792
66,3327380,534
66,6737383,368
66,9757486,229
67,2507489,193
67,5067492,209
67,7507495,232
67,9757598,320
68,18075101,499
68,36676104,767
68,45776108,171

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