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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Korea	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	34,280

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.