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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date EthiopiaOmanSouth Korea
63,5752,34846,617
65,2132,40347,008
66,8892,45747,370
68,6492,51047,645
70,4912,56247,892
72,3892,61348,083
74,3272,66348,185
76,3262,71348,438
78,4112,76448,684
80,5642,81649,055
82,7872,87149,308
85,0962,92849,554
87,5302,98649,937
90,0663,04750,200
92,6323,11050,429
95,3373,17450,747
98,1143,24051,015
100,8583,30751,218
103,6543,37551,362
106,4663,44451,585
109,2673,51251,765
112,1003,58251,836
114,9643,65151,745
117,9243,69651,731

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

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