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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 IcelandBeninSouth Korea
2776,46146,617
2816,67747,008
2856,90247,370
2887,13047,645
2897,36047,892
2937,58948,083
2967,83848,185
3048,08948,438
3118,33548,684
3198,60349,055
3198,88449,308
3189,17949,554
3199,48649,937
3219,80550,200
32410,13550,429
32710,48050,747
33110,84251,015
33511,22051,218
34311,61351,362
35312,01851,585
36112,37051,765
36612,72551,836
37213,08151,745
38013,43951,731

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.

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 Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.