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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	Germany	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	277	81,439	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	281	81,474	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	285	81,534	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	288	81,595	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	289	81,566	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	293	81,473	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	296	81,354	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	304	81,190	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	81,009	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,781	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	319	80,500	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	318	80,301	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	319	80,292	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	80,443	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,663	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	327	81,000	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	331	81,704	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	335	82,366	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	343	82,674	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	353	82,923	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	361	83,110	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	366	83,178	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	372	83,213	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	380	83,811	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.

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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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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