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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	Japan	Oman	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	126,512	2,348	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	126,755	2,403	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	127,056	2,457	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	127,324	2,510	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	127,558	2,562	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	127,658	2,613	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	127,679	2,663	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	127,762	2,713	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	127,904	2,764	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	127,969	2,816	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	127,958	2,871	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	127,967	2,928	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	127,755	2,986	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	127,476	3,047	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	127,257	3,110	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	127,186	3,174	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	127,034	3,240	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	126,857	3,307	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	126,631	3,375	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	126,368	3,444	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	126,092	3,512	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	125,634	3,582	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	125,427	3,651	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	124,762	3,696	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.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.