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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	France
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	68,387

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

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987