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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 KoreaCongo - KinshasaAustria
46,61751,1818,039
47,00852,7828,059
47,37054,4538,090
47,64556,1708,130
47,89257,8608,166
48,08359,5998,217
48,18561,4748,274
48,43863,4798,317
48,68465,5908,344
49,05567,8008,370
49,30870,1148,390
49,55472,5508,410
49,93775,1388,438
50,20077,7928,476
50,42980,5348,527
50,74783,3688,594
51,01586,2298,680
51,21889,1938,791
51,36292,2098,847
51,58595,2328,890
51,76598,3208,930
51,836101,4998,969
51,745104,7679,004
51,731108,1719,107

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

Austria

  • 1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
  • 1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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