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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	South Korea	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	70	46,617	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	71	47,008	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	71	47,370	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	72	47,645	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	72	47,892	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	72	48,083	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	72	48,185	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	72	48,438	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	72	48,684	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	73	49,055	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	73	49,308	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	73	49,554	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	73	49,937	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	73	50,200	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	73	50,429	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	73	50,747	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	74	51,015	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	74	51,218	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	74	51,362	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	74	51,585	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	75	51,765	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	75	51,836	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	76	51,745	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	76	51,731	5,907

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

No separate list is published for Dominica, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.