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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	South Korea	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	70	46,617	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	71	47,008	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	71	47,370	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	72	47,645	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	72	47,892	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	72	48,083	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	72	48,185	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	72	48,438	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	72	48,684	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	73	49,055	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	73	49,308	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	73	49,554	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	73	49,937	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	73	50,200	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	73	50,429	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	73	50,747	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	74	51,015	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	74	51,218	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	74	51,362	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	74	51,585	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	75	51,765	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	75	51,836	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	76	51,745	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	76	51,731	3,696

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.