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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 & HerzegovinaMoldova
46,6173,8114,244
47,0083,9014,199
47,3703,9194,154
47,6453,9234,108
47,8923,9404,059
48,0833,9754,013
48,1853,9913,966
48,4383,9933,919
48,6843,9903,873
49,0553,9873,829
49,3083,9853,788
49,5543,9833,748
49,9373,9803,709
50,2003,9773,671
50,4293,9733,633
50,7473,9683,595
51,0153,9633,558
51,2183,9573,522
51,3623,9513,485
51,5853,9443,448
51,7653,9373,412
51,8363,9293,376
51,7453,9213,339
51,7313,8763,570

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 Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.