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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.