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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	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	68,457

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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989