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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Korea	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	34,081

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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828