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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	Iceland	Bangladesh	Oman	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	277	132,907	2,348	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	281	135,207	2,403	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	285	137,420	2,457	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	288	139,573	2,510	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	289	141,650	2,562	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	293	143,644	2,613	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	296	145,546	2,663	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	304	147,376	2,713	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	149,047	2,764	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	319	150,562	2,816	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	319	152,189	2,871	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	318	153,927	2,928	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	319	155,634	2,986	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	157,326	3,047	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	324	158,999	3,110	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	327	160,650	3,174	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	331	162,273	3,240	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	335	163,938	3,307	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	343	165,655	3,375	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	353	167,358	3,444	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	361	169,045	3,512	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	366	170,709	3,582	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	372	172,354	3,651	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	380	174,217	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

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.