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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.