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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 Congo - KinshasaJordanSouth Korea
51,1814,59146,617
52,7824,70047,008
54,4534,81147,370
56,1704,92347,645
57,8605,03747,892
59,5995,16148,083
61,4745,29548,185
63,4795,76548,438
65,5906,24348,684
67,8006,39749,055
70,1146,53849,308
72,5506,68049,554
75,1386,84049,937
77,7926,95250,200
80,5347,70650,429
83,3688,83950,747
86,2299,50651,015
89,1939,86351,218
92,20910,06651,362
95,23210,27351,585
98,32010,48051,765
101,49910,62851,836
104,76710,71651,745
108,17110,84951,731

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

Jordan

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

South Korea

  • 1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
  • 1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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