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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 Dominican RepublicCongo - KinshasaSouth Korea
8,17551,18146,617
8,30152,78247,008
8,42754,45347,370
8,55356,17047,645
8,67857,86047,892
8,80159,59948,083
8,92461,47448,185
9,04463,47948,438
9,16465,59048,684
9,28167,80049,055
9,39870,11449,308
9,51272,55049,554
9,62775,13849,937
9,74277,79250,200
9,85580,53450,429
9,96583,36850,747
10,07286,22951,015
10,17789,19351,218
10,28192,20951,362
10,38595,23251,585
10,48798,32051,765
10,587101,49951,836
10,686104,76751,745
10,793108,17151,731

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 Dominican Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.