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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	51,731

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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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