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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Korea	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	28,237

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 Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.