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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Iceland	Romania	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	22,414	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	22,262	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	22,106	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	21,931	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	21,828	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	21,704	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	21,571	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	21,443	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	21,129	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	20,779	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	20,607	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	20,485	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	20,385	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	20,296	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	20,224	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	20,151	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	20,055	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	19,938	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	19,823	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	19,713	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	19,622	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	19,496	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	19,351	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	19,266	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.

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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