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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Korea	United States
Dec 31, 1999	46,617	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	47,008	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	47,370	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	47,645	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	47,892	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	48,083	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	48,185	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	48,438	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	48,684	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	49,055	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	49,308	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	49,554	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	49,937	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	50,200	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	50,429	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	50,747	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	51,015	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	51,218	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	51,362	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	51,585	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	51,765	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	51,836	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	51,745	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	51,731	333,288

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).