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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 IcelandHong Kong SAR ChinaSouth Korea
2776,58746,617
2816,64647,008
2856,69547,370
2886,72547,645
2896,71247,892
2936,76548,083
2966,79448,185
3046,83848,438
3116,89748,684
3196,93849,055
3196,95349,308
3187,00449,554
3197,05249,937
3217,13050,200
3247,15950,429
3277,20950,747
3317,27151,015
3357,31651,218
3437,37251,362
3537,43251,585
3617,48751,765
3667,46051,836
3727,39251,745
3807,38751,731

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.

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 Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.