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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Slovenia	South Korea	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,998	46,617	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,004	47,008	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,006	47,370	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,009	47,645	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,010	47,892	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	2,011	48,083	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	2,015	48,185	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	2,022	48,438	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	2,033	48,684	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	2,036	49,055	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	2,056	49,308	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	2,063	49,554	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	2,067	49,937	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,071	50,200	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,074	50,429	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,076	50,747	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,078	51,015	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,079	51,218	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,081	51,362	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,087	51,585	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,104	51,765	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,118	51,836	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,123	51,745	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,124	51,731	108,171

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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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