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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Indonesia	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	277	208,105	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	281	211,408	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	285	214,475	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	288	217,516	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	289	220,549	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	293	224,473	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	296	227,534	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	304	230,739	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	233,918	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	319	237,056	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	319	240,140	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	318	243,171	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	319	246,150	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	249,086	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	324	251,947	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	327	254,702	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	331	257,351	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	335	259,906	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	343	262,379	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	353	264,789	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	361	267,142	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	366	269,437	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	372	271,674	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	380	273,409	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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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