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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Congo - Kinshasa	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	51,181	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	52,782	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	54,453	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	56,170	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	57,860	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	59,599	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	61,474	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	63,479	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	65,590	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	67,800	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	70,114	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	72,550	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	75,138	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	77,792	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	80,534	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	83,368	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	86,229	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	89,193	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	92,209	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	95,232	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	98,320	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	101,499	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	104,767	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	108,171	273,409

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.

All data sources

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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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