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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	Liberia	South Korea
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,741	46,617
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,847	47,008
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,917	47,370
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,978	47,645
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,983	47,892
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,005	48,083
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,138	48,185
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,311	48,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,469	48,684
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,603	49,055
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,708	49,308
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,817	49,554
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,984	49,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,141	50,200
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,244	50,429
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,348	50,747
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,460	51,015
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,576	51,218
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,689	51,362
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,810	51,585
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,904	51,765
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,005	51,836
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,109	51,745
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,216	51,731

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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