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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 - KinshasaOmanSouth Korea
51,1812,34846,617
52,7822,40347,008
54,4532,45747,370
56,1702,51047,645
57,8602,56247,892
59,5992,61348,083
61,4742,66348,185
63,4792,71348,438
65,5902,76448,684
67,8002,81649,055
70,1142,87149,308
72,5502,92849,554
75,1382,98649,937
77,7923,04750,200
80,5343,11050,429
83,3683,17450,747
86,2293,24051,015
89,1933,30751,218
92,2093,37551,362
95,2323,44451,585
98,3203,51251,765
101,4993,58251,836
104,7673,65151,745
108,1713,69651,731

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

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