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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandDominicaOmanSouth Korea
277702,34846,617
281712,40347,008
285712,45747,370
288722,51047,645
289722,56247,892
293722,61348,083
296722,66348,185
304722,71348,438
311722,76448,684
319732,81649,055
319732,87149,308
318732,92849,554
319732,98649,937
321733,04750,200
324733,11050,429
327733,17450,747
331743,24051,015
335743,30751,218
343743,37551,362
353743,44451,585
361753,51251,765
366753,58251,836
372763,65151,745
380763,69651,731

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

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