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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 KoreaThailandLuxembourg
46,61759,748433
47,00860,165438
47,37060,746443
47,64561,323448
47,89261,884454
48,08362,425460
48,18562,956467
48,43863,467474
48,68463,937482
49,05564,381491
49,30864,804500
49,55465,208509
49,93765,599521
50,20065,970533
50,42966,332547
50,74766,673560
51,01566,975571
51,21867,250586
51,36267,506599
51,58567,750610
51,76567,975623
51,83668,180633
51,74568,366643
51,73168,457651

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

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

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