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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 North KoreaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
22,5942,34851,181
22,7852,40352,782
22,9772,45754,453
23,1652,51056,170
23,3302,56257,860
23,4772,61359,599
23,6212,66361,474
23,7642,71363,479
23,9082,76465,590
24,0512,81667,800
24,1912,87170,114
24,3262,92872,550
24,4572,98675,138
24,5893,04777,792
24,7203,11080,534
24,8523,17483,368
24,9833,24086,229
25,1153,30789,193
25,2483,37592,209
25,3813,44495,232
25,4973,51298,320
25,6083,582101,499
25,7113,651104,767
25,8083,696108,171

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

North Korea

  • 1911-1940: 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.
  • 1990-2011: 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.

No separate list is published for Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.