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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 IcelandSouth KoreaHaiti
27746,6178,121
28147,0088,279
28547,3708,430
28847,6458,580
28947,8928,739
29348,0838,900
29648,1859,061
30448,4389,216
31148,6849,364
31949,0559,508
31949,3089,652
31849,5549,553
31949,9379,670
32150,2009,793
32450,4299,922
32750,74710,047
33151,01510,254
33551,21810,486
34351,36210,647
35351,58510,788
36151,76510,933
36651,83611,077
37251,74511,215
38051,73111,349

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 Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.