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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Korea	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	10,487

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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140