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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 - KinshasaSouth KoreaAlbania
51,18146,6173,085
52,78247,0083,065
54,45347,3703,047
56,17047,6453,038
57,86047,8923,026
59,59948,0833,014
61,47448,1852,998
63,47948,4382,979
65,59048,6842,957
67,80049,0552,934
70,11449,3082,915
72,55049,5542,900
75,13849,9372,892
77,79250,2002,888
80,53450,4292,882
83,36850,7472,876
86,22951,0152,868
89,19351,2182,863
92,20951,3622,861
95,23251,5852,854
98,32051,7652,842
101,49951,8362,825
104,76751,7452,799
108,17151,7312,787

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

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, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.