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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 KoreaSenegal
51,18146,61710,070
52,78247,00810,305
54,45347,37010,576
56,17047,64510,864
57,86047,89211,172
59,59948,08311,498
61,47448,18511,839
63,47948,43812,204
65,59048,68412,584
67,80049,05512,978
70,11449,30813,382
72,55049,55413,794
75,13849,93714,226
77,79250,20014,668
80,53450,42915,121
83,36850,74715,589
86,22951,01516,066
89,19351,21816,549
92,20951,36217,044
95,23251,58517,535
98,32051,76518,021
101,49951,83618,518
104,76751,74519,016
108,17151,73119,512

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