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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 KoreaRomaniaTrinidad & Tobago
46,61722,4141,301
47,00822,2621,303
47,37022,1061,308
47,64521,9311,314
47,89221,8281,320
48,08321,7041,326
48,18521,5711,332
48,43821,4431,338
48,68421,1291,344
49,05520,7791,352
49,30820,6071,359
49,55420,4851,365
49,93720,3851,372
50,20020,2961,379
50,42920,2241,386
50,74720,1511,392
51,01520,0551,399
51,21819,9381,405
51,36219,8231,411
51,58519,7131,436
51,76519,6221,452
51,83619,4961,448
51,74519,3511,450
51,73119,2661,456

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

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 Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.