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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 LithuaniaCongo - KinshasaSouth Korea
3,41951,18146,617
3,39552,78247,008
3,36754,45347,370
3,34056,17047,645
3,31357,86047,892
3,27659,59948,083
3,22361,47448,185
3,17263,47948,438
3,13465,59048,684
3,10267,80049,055
3,06870,11449,308
3,00472,55049,554
2,93775,13849,937
2,89877,79250,200
2,86980,53450,429
2,84483,36850,747
2,81886,22951,015
2,78289,19351,218
2,74492,20951,362
2,71895,23251,585
2,71098,32051,765
2,711101,49951,836
2,724104,76751,745
2,748108,17151,731

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 Lithuania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.