Population, long-run history in South Korea

Latest: 51,731
Previous: 51,745
Change: -14.31 (-0.0%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Persons, thousands

Population, long-run history over time

Annual, Persons, thousands, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for Population, long-run history in South Korea
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	27,211
Dec 31, 1964	27,984
Dec 31, 1965	28,705
Dec 31, 1966	29,436
Dec 31, 1967	30,131
Dec 31, 1968	30,838
Dec 31, 1969	31,544
Dec 31, 1970	32,241
Dec 31, 1971	32,883
Dec 31, 1972	33,505
Dec 31, 1973	34,073
Dec 31, 1974	34,692
Dec 31, 1975	35,281
Dec 31, 1976	35,860
Dec 31, 1977	36,436
Dec 31, 1978	37,019
Dec 31, 1979	37,534
Dec 31, 1980	38,124
Dec 31, 1981	38,723
Dec 31, 1982	39,326
Dec 31, 1983	39,910
Dec 31, 1984	40,406
Dec 31, 1985	40,806
Dec 31, 1986	41,214
Dec 31, 1987	41,622
Dec 31, 1988	42,031
Dec 31, 1989	42,449
Dec 31, 1990	42,869
Dec 31, 1991	43,296
Dec 31, 1992	43,748
Dec 31, 1993	44,195
Dec 31, 1994	44,642
Dec 31, 1995	45,093
Dec 31, 1996	45,525
Dec 31, 1997	45,954
Dec 31, 1998	46,287
Dec 31, 1999	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	51,731

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

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.

All data sources

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

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