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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 ThailandItalyCongo - Kinshasa
59,74856,94051,181
60,16556,96652,782
60,74657,00454,453
61,32357,11456,170
61,88457,42357,860
62,42557,85259,599
62,95658,19161,474
63,46758,42463,479
63,93758,78165,590
64,38159,23667,800
64,80459,58070,114
65,20859,84472,550
65,59960,05275,138
65,97060,21677,792
66,33260,33780,534
66,67360,34683,368
66,97560,25586,229
67,25060,14089,193
67,50660,02792,209
67,75059,90295,232
67,97559,75498,320
68,18059,464101,499
68,36659,158104,767
68,45758,966108,171

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

Italy

  • 1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
  • 1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
  • 1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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