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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	South Korea	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	46,617	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	47,008	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	47,370	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	47,645	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	47,892	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	48,083	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	48,185	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	48,438	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	48,684	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	49,055	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	49,308	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	49,554	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	49,937	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	50,200	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	50,429	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	50,747	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	51,015	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	51,218	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	51,362	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	51,585	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	51,765	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	51,836	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	51,745	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	51,731	47,625

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

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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