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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 KoreaSudanCambodia
46,61726,16812,122
47,00826,77112,317
47,37027,38712,504
47,64528,01712,691
47,89228,66212,881
48,08329,32113,076
48,18529,99613,276
48,43830,68613,461
48,68431,39313,630
49,05532,13713,808
49,30833,07813,990
49,55433,89114,162
49,93734,56814,322
50,20035,29314,480
50,42936,09314,637
50,74737,05814,793
51,01538,16514,994
51,21839,29415,238
51,36240,51215,480
51,58541,76415,717
51,76542,95215,944
51,83644,12116,149
51,74545,29016,338
51,73146,49816,514

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

No separate list is published for Sudan, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.