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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 South KoreaBosnia & HerzegovinaBurkina Faso
46,6173,81111,075
47,0083,90111,405
47,3703,91911,828
47,6453,92312,380
47,8923,94012,829
48,0833,97513,178
48,1853,99113,540
48,4383,99313,917
48,6843,99014,309
49,0553,98714,722
49,3083,98515,152
49,5543,98315,600
49,9373,98016,064
50,2003,97716,563
50,4293,97317,072
50,7473,96817,575
51,0153,96318,094
51,2183,95718,621
51,3623,95119,157
51,5853,94419,698
51,7653,93720,242
51,8363,92920,788
51,7453,92121,336
51,7313,87621,889

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.