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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 ThailandPuerto RicoCongo - Kinshasa
59,7483,80051,181
60,1653,81152,782
60,7463,81954,453
61,3233,82456,170
61,8843,82657,860
62,4253,82759,599
62,9563,82261,474
63,4673,80563,479
63,9373,78365,590
64,3813,76167,800
64,8043,74170,114
65,2083,72272,550
65,5993,67975,138
65,9703,63677,792
66,3323,58980,534
66,6733,53483,368
66,9753,47386,229
67,2503,41189,193
67,5063,35292,209
67,7503,29595,232
67,9753,26898,320
68,1803,247101,499
68,3663,232104,767
68,4573,228108,171

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