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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 - KinshasaOman
46,61751,1812,348
47,00852,7822,403
47,37054,4532,457
47,64556,1702,510
47,89257,8602,562
48,08359,5992,613
48,18561,4742,663
48,43863,4792,713
48,68465,5902,764
49,05567,8002,816
49,30870,1142,871
49,55472,5502,928
49,93775,1382,986
50,20077,7923,047
50,42980,5343,110
50,74783,3683,174
51,01586,2293,240
51,21889,1933,307
51,36292,2093,375
51,58595,2323,444
51,76598,3203,512
51,836101,4993,582
51,745104,7673,651
51,731108,1713,696

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

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