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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	Congo - Kinshasa	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	51,181	138
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	52,782	141
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	54,453	144
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	56,170	147
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	57,860	151
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	59,599	154
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	61,474	158
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	63,479	161
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	65,590	165
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	67,800	168
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	70,114	172
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	72,550	176
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	75,138	180
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	77,792	183
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	80,534	187
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	83,368	190
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	86,229	194
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	89,193	198
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	92,209	201
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	95,232	204
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	98,320	208
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	101,499	212
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	104,767	216
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	108,171	220

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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.