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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Congo - Kinshasa	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	51,181	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	52,782	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	54,453	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	56,170	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	57,860	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	59,599	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	61,474	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	63,479	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	65,590	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	67,800	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	70,114	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	72,550	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	75,138	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	77,792	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	80,534	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	83,368	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	86,229	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	89,193	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	92,209	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	95,232	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	98,320	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	101,499	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	104,767	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	108,171	51,731

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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; the database as a whole is cited above.