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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 - KinshasaPalestinian TerritoriesSouth Korea
51,1812,99646,617
52,7823,07547,008
54,4533,15547,370
56,1703,23547,645
57,8603,31547,892
59,5993,39648,083
61,4743,47848,185
63,4793,55948,438
65,5903,64248,684
67,8003,72749,055
70,1143,81749,308
72,5503,90749,554
75,1383,99749,937
77,7924,08850,200
80,5344,17850,429
83,3684,26950,747
86,2294,35951,015
89,1934,45151,218
92,2094,53351,362
95,2324,61551,585
98,3204,71551,765
101,4994,82051,836
104,7674,93051,745
108,1715,04251,731

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.