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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 KoreaRomaniaMongolia
46,61722,4142,433
47,00822,2622,461
47,37022,1062,489
47,64521,9312,519
47,89221,8282,547
48,08321,7042,574
48,18521,5712,602
48,43821,4432,633
48,68421,1292,666
49,05520,7792,702
49,30820,6072,741
49,55420,4852,783
49,93720,3852,827
50,20020,2962,870
50,42920,2242,912
50,74720,1512,953
51,01520,0552,993
51,21819,9383,031
51,36219,8233,068
51,58519,7133,103
51,76519,6223,171
51,83619,4963,231
51,74519,3513,284
51,73119,2663,333

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Mongolia; the database as a whole is cited above.