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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tanzania	Congo - Kinshasa	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	32,912	51,181	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	33,953	52,782	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	34,974	54,453	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	36,021	56,170	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	37,100	57,860	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	38,167	59,599	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	39,262	61,474	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	40,387	63,479	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	41,557	65,590	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	42,741	67,800	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	43,889	70,114	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	45,132	72,550	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	46,531	75,138	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	47,965	77,792	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	49,437	80,534	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	50,965	83,368	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	52,604	86,229	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	54,336	89,193	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	56,062	92,209	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	57,765	95,232	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	59,465	98,320	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	61,191	101,499	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	62,944	104,767	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	64,835	108,171	68,457

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