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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Burkina Faso	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	11,075	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	11,405	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	11,828	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	12,380	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	12,829	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	13,178	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	13,540	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	13,917	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	14,309	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	14,722	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	15,152	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	15,600	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	16,064	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	16,563	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	17,072	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	17,575	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	18,094	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	18,621	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	19,157	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	19,698	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	20,242	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	20,788	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	21,336	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	21,889	47,625

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

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)

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