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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 - KinshasaSenegal
46,61751,18110,070
47,00852,78210,305
47,37054,45310,576
47,64556,17010,864
47,89257,86011,172
48,08359,59911,498
48,18561,47411,839
48,43863,47912,204
48,68465,59012,584
49,05567,80012,978
49,30870,11413,382
49,55472,55013,794
49,93775,13814,226
50,20077,79214,668
50,42980,53415,121
50,74783,36815,589
51,01586,22916,066
51,21889,19316,549
51,36292,20917,044
51,58595,23217,535
51,76598,32018,021
51,836101,49918,518
51,745104,76719,016
51,731108,17119,512

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, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.