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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominican Republic	South Korea	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	46,617	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	47,008	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	47,370	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	47,645	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	47,892	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	48,083	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	48,185	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	48,438	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	48,684	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	49,055	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	49,308	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	49,554	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	49,937	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	50,200	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	50,429	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	50,747	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	51,015	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	51,218	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	51,362	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	51,585	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	51,765	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	51,836	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	51,745	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	51,731	108,171

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.